Vengeance in Vienna

 

About the Book

Book: Vengeance in Vienna

Author: Sara L. Jameson

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: July 16, 2024

A moonlight sail. A sniper on the shore. A terrorist financier determined to kill Jacob and all he holds dear.

Interpol Special Agent Jacob Coulter and his fiancée Riley Williams set out on a moonlight sail, but a sniper turns their idyllic Austrin vacation into a deadly nightmare.

On temporary assignment to the Vienna Interpol office, Jacob must apprehend a notorious terrorist financier and uncover his operations in Austria. But the financier is determined to destroy all Jacob holds dear. And that includes his kid sister and his fiancée, Riley Williams.

Opera singer Riley Williams is tired of dodging terrorist attempts on her life. When she insists on helping Jacob catch the financier and his henchmen, she gets into more trouble than she bargained for. 

But the financier’s tentacles of evil reach far deeper into the Austrian economy than Jacob and Riley suspected. What they uncover appalls them. The clock is ticking. Can Jacob find them before it’s too late?

Book Excerpt

To reach the dock, he’d have to row or work the sails. 

In full view of the sniper.

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Lying on his side in the cockpit, he snatched the mainsheet in his hand. “Call the police. One-three-three. Phone’s in my pocket. You can dial and speak through the cover.” 

Craaack. 

Another bullet thwacked the fiberglass hull, inches from where he’d been sitting.

Riles jammed her fist to her mouth. 

Cold sweat pricked his brow. He touched the hole’s frayed edges, and water burbled over his fingertips. Acid pitted his stomach. A puncture below the waterline, big as a hamburger slider. How long before the boat sank?

“That’s no pop gun he’s using.” One direct hit and they’d bleed out in seconds. Somehow, he had to get them to safety. 

Shallow breaths heaved her chest, a flurry of exhales feathered his cheeks. 

If she inhaled any faster, she’d hyperventilate. “You okay?”

“Yep. Never better.” Fingers trembling, she unzipped his windbreaker pocket, yanked out the cell and dialed. “This is Riley Williams. I’m calling for Interpol Special Agent Jacob Coulter. A sniper is shooting at our sailboat from the north shore of the Wörthersee.”

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About the Author

Sara L. Jameson won Scrivenings Press’s grand prize publishing contract in January 2021. They released her debut romantic suspense novel, Cruise to Death, in June 2021. Death in High Places, (Book 2 in the Troubled Waters series), released February 2023, followed by Vengeance in Vienna, July 2024. She is currently working on books 4 and 5 of the Troubled Waters series for Scrivenings Press.

In real life, Sara is a multi-published former university professor who has also written non-fiction under her real name and edits book manuscripts for other authors. She also pens WWII historical novels. When not at her computer, she enjoys reading, swimming, cooking, and dog-sitting.