THE Catch by Taylor Stevens

THE Catch by Taylor Stevens

Intelligent writing, masterful pacing, and tense and fluid action scenes that feel ready-made for the cinema. --Associated Press
Vanessa Michael Munroe, chameleon and information hunter, has a reputation for getting things done--often dangerous and not quite legal things.
The adrenaline-fueled work has left her with blood on her hands and a soul stained with guilt. Having borne the burden of one death too many, Munroe has fled to Djibouti, Africa. There, where her only responsibility is greasing the wheels of commerce for a small maritime security company, she finds stillness--until her boss pressures her to join his team as an armed transit guard on a ship bound for Kenya.
Days into the voyage, Munroe discovers the security contract is merely cover for a gunrunning operation of which she wants no part. The ship is invaded off the Somali coast and in a moment of impulse while fighting her way out, she drags the unconscious captain with her. But nothing about the hijacking is what it seems.
The pirates were never after the ship; they'd come for the captain. In chasing him, they make their one mistake: targeting Munroe raises the killer's instinct she's tried so hard to bury. Wounded and on the run, Vanessa Michael Munroe will use the life of her catch as bait and bartering chip to manipulate every player with a stake in the ship's outcome, and find a way to wash her conscience clean.

TAYLOR STEVENS is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vanessa Michael Munroe series, which includes The Catch, The Informationist, and The Innocent. Her books have gained critical acclaim and have been translated into twenty languages. James Cameron's production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, has optioned The Informationist for cinema. Stevens was raised in Children of God communes all around the world and was denied an education beyond the sixth grade. She eventually broke out and now lives in Texas, where she is working on the next Munroe adventure.