Fire Mountain

An unlikely trio struggles to escape a volcano on the verge of erupting in the pulse-pounding latest from Mentink (Hunted on the Trail). After a painful divorce and miscarriage, Kit Garrido has made a fresh start by launching her own trucking business. Despite an evacuation warning, she decides to haul one more load over the roads crisscrossing Washington State’s Mount Ember. The next thing she knows, she’s waking up in her wrecked rig, with no memory of what happened, and fielding questions from ex-cop Cullen Landry, who saw her go off the road. Before they abandon the rig, Cullen checks the truck’s sleeper car and discovers an infant sleeping next to a window with a bloody handprint—and a baby bag containing $10,000 in cash. With no time to lose, the pair grab the child and escape. As they attempt to track down the baby’s mother—Kit has flashes of giving a ride to a destitute woman, but can’t remember anything about her—the suspense reaches a fever pitch, and each of the leads confronts their past traumas with help from God and one another. This starts with a bang and never lets up. (July)