Hailed by Douglas Preston as "a master storyteller," Joshua Corin returns with another white-knuckle thriller featuring ex-FBI agent Xanadu Marx. And this time, payback comes with a price tag. They call themselves the Serendipity Group, a charitable organization that helps victims take revenge on those who've wronged them. But when the group's hit list leaks, the hunters become the hunted--and two innocents are caught in the crossfire. A pair of newlyweds are waylaid in Atlanta after a bad storm disrupts their flight to Paris. They are stuck in a dingy airport hotel room--until a stranger insists the happy couple take his lavish suite. But the man's kindness is a ruse: They are being used as bait, and soon find themselves prisoners of a maniac with a hacksaw--all because of a list of thirteen people marked for execution. Ex-FBI agent Xanadu Marx doesn't know how her name ended up on the list, but she'll be toast if she doesn't take herself off it. Now a civilian on parole after a career-killing mistake, Xanadu Marx supposedly has three days to live, and the question isn't whether she has an enemy gunning for her, it's which one. But when two wide-eyed newlyweds may have become collateral damage, Xana realizes that there are some sins that can't be forgiven. Praise for Joshua Corin's Cost of Life "A thriller par excellence: brilliantly imaginative, well written, and delightfully diabolical. Highly recommended!"--Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling co-creator of the Pendergast novels "In Cost of Life, Joshua Corin turns a humdrum airline flight into a ride on an F-15 with a smoking engine--fast, terrifying, and oh so fun. I loved the writing. Corin's whip-smart dialogue crashed me straight into a world of fascinating characters and complicated allegiances. I couldn't stop reading until the wheels touched down on that final tarmac."--Rebecca Cantrell, New York Times bestselling author of The World Beneath "Fraught with danger and surprises, Cost of Life is a tale chock-full of action, adventure, and intrigue. Treachery comes from all directions, so consider yourself warned."--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Lincoln Myth "In Cost of Life, Joshua Corin brings us Xanadu Marx, a tough but vulnerable ex-FBI agent who literally pulls no punches. Corin's sure-footed handling of plot, character, and voice is the kind of writing that inspires authors like me to up their game."--Robert Gregory Browne, author of Whisper in the Dark