Konrath and Ann Voss Peterson This is an excerpt from the upcoming spy thriller FLEE by J.A. Konrath and Ann Voss Peterson. It is a continuation of the excerpt found in the ebook Wild Night Is Calling I flipped the shotgun, grabbing the grip in the air just as the elevator exploded and the man came charging low out of the stairwell. Ears ringing from the grenade, I didn’t hear the next thing Cory said over the phone, nor did I hear the shotgun go off when I pulled the trigger. The force tore the weapon from my grasp and tore off much of the stairwell man’s face. I never saw the woman in the elevator, but this one was dressed in blue coveralls and white latex gloves. His dead hand still clenched a semi-auto with a suppressor screwed on. Spent gunpowder clogged my throat. I pinched my nose, held my lips closed, and tried to breathe out, forcing my ears to equalize. I still couldn’t hear very well. “This connection is terrible,”
