CAST OF CHARACTERS
Mal and Deb Dieter first appeared in the Jack Kilborn novel Endurance, which took place at the Rushmore Inn in West Virginia. Mal is a sports reporter. He’s missing his hand. Deb is an athlete who competes regularly in the Paralympics and triathlons. She has prosthetic legs.
Roy Lewis and Tom Mankowski first appeared in the J.A. Konrath novel The List, which ended in Springfield, Illinois. They have made cameos in several novels in the Jack Daniels series (Cherry Bomb, Shaken, Stirred). They are both Homicide Detectives that work in Chicago.
Dr. Frank Belgium first appeared in the J.A. Konrath novel Origin, working for Project Samhain in New Mexico. He’s a molecular biologist and has a speech dysfluency, where he sometimes repeats the same word three times.
Sara Randhurst first appeared in the Jack Kilborn novel Trapped, which took place on Rock Island in Lake Michigan. She’s a former guidance counselor.
Fran, Josh, and Duncan VanCamp first appeared in the Jack Kilborn novel Afraid, which took place in Safe Haven Wisconsin. They live in Hawaii with their pets, a basset hound named Woof and a capuchin monkey named Mathison. Josh and Fran live off a stipend. Duncan is fifteen years old, learning how to drive.
Moni Draper is a dancer and call girl who appeared in Serial Killers Uncut written by Jack Kilborn and Blake Crouch. She survived encounters with two serial killers, the Gingerbread Man (Whiskey Sour) and Luther Kite (Stirred).