Diane T. Benson,Persephone's Fugitive

When a routine 911 call turns deadly, Paramedic Sara Dyer finds herself held at gunpoint by Jason Keegan, an injured psych-ward patient charged with murder. The situation spirals out of Sara’s control when the confrontation becomes a tense standoff between Keegan and the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.

As Keegan’s hostage, Sara fights to save them both before he blows them up. She realizes his warning to the Cayman police is no empty threat since he’d rather die than spend the rest of his life in a prison cell. Sara soon discovers Keegan is just as determined to survive as she is - provided he can escape Grand Cayman and disappear forever. As she struggles to trust in God’s protection, help from an atheist turns her struggle into a lure away from her faith.

Dianna Torscher Benson is a 2011 Genesis winner, a 2011 Genesis double semi-finalist, a 2010 Daphne finalist, and a 2007 Golden Palm finalist. In 2012, she signed a nine-book contract with Ellechor Publishing House. The Hidden Son (March 2013) is her debut novel. Her upcoming releases include Persephone's Fugitive (March 2015), which is the sequel to The Hidden Son, and Final Trimester (May 2014), Book 1 in The Quigley Triplets Series.

After majoring in communications and a ten-year career as a travel agent, Benson left the travel industry to earn her EMS degree. An EMT since 2005, she loves the adrenaline rush of responding to medical emergencies and helping people in need. Her suspense novels about adventurous characters thrown into tremendous circumstances provide readers with a similar kind of rush.
Benson lives in North Carolina with her husband and their three athletic children.