What happens when a middle-class baby boomer goes up against a cold-blooded professional killer?

Susan Ryker is everywoman ~ a mother, an artist, a teacher. She's just been through a messy divorce. She has real concerns and problems to occupy her time. She is old enough to have no more illusions ~ but young enough to still have hope. 

And then Susan Ryker watches a man in an airport die.

 Unknown to Susan, she is witnessing more than just his death. She is also witnessing the death of her own peace of mind ~the termination of her close ties with her daughter~ the end of forty-some years of a relatively benign existence in the small town of Booker Bend, Oregon. 

Now, as she struggles toward the summit of Skinner's Butte, she is on foot, out of shape, and running for her life. 

Susan Ryker is a target. 

And she has to get moving.

Christie Rose has been a freelance writer for the past thirteen years with articles appearing in LA Parent, Today's Marriage, Southern California Magazine, and Inland Empire Magazine.  Her first short story, The Wolves of Tomorrow, was a finalist in an international writing competition.  She also teaches creative writing and advance fiction writing.

This is the book you want to have with you on your next airplane trip; you won't want to stop reading, in fact, you won't stop. The HUNT pulls you into a chilling, deadly, heart-pounding chase, with twists and churns that make you gasp.  Susan Ryker is about to become your best friend. Nothing shallow here; Susan is as real as you'd like your friends to be. Move over Sue Grafton, Ms. Rose masterfully creates characters you love or hate or both. I'm impatiently waiting for more.

". . . (The Hunt) is a good, exciting read with some nice twists and turns, and a satisfying ending.  The pace is brisk, the dialogue smart and real.  It's a real page-turner."

"Suspenseful, gritty and fast moving. Rose's female "Dirty Harry" had me eager to see her avenge the book's evil killer. Her delicious twist ending caught me completely by surprise."