It’s pretty clear she’s going to be another victim of the violence-fueled pack when a mysterious boy helps her escape by throwing her into nearby Lake Michigan. Lia was right as to the details of the attack but woefully unprepared for how quickly everything escalates and just what kind of danger she faces by being anywhere near the event. Somehow, in a city filled with cameras, their activity has never produced a single scrap of visual evidence. She calls the police, leaving an anonymous tip, and heads to Navy Pier hoping to catch pictures or videos of the teens involved in the mob. Two years later, she is the only one still actively looking for her father’s attackers, which is why she discovers – and deciphers – the tweet telling when and where the Swarm’s next assault will be. The mob went silent after his death and the inhabitants of the city believe themselves safe once more. Or do they? Lia’s father, a prosecuting attorney, had been searching for the who and why behind the barbarous behavior of these thugs when he was killed by the very group he was scrutinizing. That flash mob of teens randomly and viciously attacks individuals without warning, murdering innocent pedestrians seemingly without cause. Suffering from both debilitating asthma and PTSD from her father’s death, emotionally and physically fragile highschooler Lia (Amelia) Finch should most definitely not be investigating the Swarm. She’s the least likely sleuth in the world.

Inspired by the Flash Mob violence in Chicago in 2011, this eerie whodunit examines just how far we’ll go in memory of the ones we love. Every Stolen Breath is a tense, taut thriller about life, death and justice.

Every stolen breath