Up the River Author:Sam Ruskin Alex is a police office who is asked to guard the life of the sole witness against a major crime figure. Witnesses against this man have a habit of turning up dead. To Alex, protecting the witness is not only her duty as a police officer, but a matter of personal revenge. Her twin sister Anna had been mistakenly blown up by members of the crime ... more »syndicate when she borrowed Alex's car. Alex decides the safest place to be is a remote cabin in the mountains that she and her sister had many years before. Alex has two surprises waiting for her. When they're almost at the cabin, she discovers that the witness has had a secret tracking device planted on him, so their location is no longer secret. Then, when they get to the cabin, she finds Rhonda, and old childhood friend and the woman Alex loves more than anyone, waiting for them. Rhonda has always had psychic connections to Alex and she sees trouble coming. The rest of the book deals with two objectives. Can Alex and Rhonda keep the witness alive long enough to testify before the grand jury and, in the process, will they finally realize what they mean to each other?« less