Dante Reeves counts everything—days until foreclosure, tenants who actually pay, reasons to keep the Cascade Inn running. What he doesn't count on is Marcus Lyle, who checks into Room 412 and stays exactly long enough to become a legal tenant under Oregon law.
Ninety-seven days. Paid in advance. Cash only.
When private investigator Iris Kwan arrives asking about long-term guests, Dante realizes his corner room tenant isn't just hiding—he's positioned. The Cascade Inn sits on the remains of a demolished bank, where $2.4 million from a 1973 armored car robbery has been waiting in a sealed vault for fifty-one years. Marcus has spent six years planning to claim it the moment the statute of limitations expires.
But Vernon Gast, the last surviving robber, has been counting too. Twenty-three years in prison gave him plenty of time to think about the money, about his dead partners, and about the son of the man who betrayed him. When he arrives with a gun and fifty-one years of rage, the failing foundation of the Cascade Inn becomes the least of Dante's problems.
In thirty days, the statute runs out. In thirty days, the floor will collapse. And in thirty days, three people will discover that some secrets are buried so deep, digging them up brings everything down.
by John Grasso
