Hard Lies

A hidden past. A shocking discovery. An altered future.
Denise Tyler ends her engagement to Jeremy Guerdon when she finds his kill list. With her name on it. She expects a bullet to the head. She experiences worse. Much worse. Driven by malevolent fervor, Jeremy tracks Denise to her hometown in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Denise's father wants to make a deal with Daniel Baker, a research physician at the CDC. After a meeting to discuss a newly developed drug, Jeremy sees Daniel get in a limo with Denise. He assumes the man is her new love interest. The sight incenses him to target Daniel, a person undaunted by threats and unafraid to fight back.
Amidst Jeremy's onslaught, and battling second thoughts about Daniel and their future, Denise realizes her worst nightmare nears its climax.
And she has one chance of survival.

Steve Rush is an award-winning author whose experience includes tenure as homicide detective and chief forensic investigator for a national consulting firm. He was once hailed as "The best forensic investigator in the United States" by the late Joseph L. Burton, M.D, under whom he mastered his skills, investigated many deaths alongside Dr. Jan Garavaglia of Dr. G: Medical Examiner fame, and was part of the development team for Quincy Technologies, an automated case management system designed for coroners and medical examiners. Steve has investigated 900+ death scenes and taught classes related to death investigation. His specialties include injury causation, blood spatter analysis, occupant kinematics, and recovery of human skeletal remains.
Two of Steve's manuscripts placed first and third in the 2022 Public Safety Writers Association Writing Competition. His book Kill Your Characters; Crime Scene Tips for Writers, published by Genius Books on June 7, 2022, tied for first place in the 2022 PSWA Writing Competition's unpublished nonfiction category. Steve won joint first prize in the 2020 Chillzee KiMo T-E-N Contest and longlisted in the 2022 Page Turner Awards.
He lives in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Sharon.