{"id":1576,"date":"2025-09-02T14:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:13:09","slug":"hunted-in-hells-canyon-by-susan-pfeiffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/hunted-in-hells-canyon-by-susan-pfeiffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunted in Hells Canyon by Susan Pfeiffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hunted.jpg?resize=326%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hunted.jpg?w=326&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hunted.jpg?resize=187%2C300&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hunted.jpg?resize=300%2C480&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the newest from Las Cruces Writer Susan Elaine Pfeiffer, now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FPDMB7TL\">available on Amazon<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a synopsis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>RUN, HIDE, OR DIE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L.A. Assistant District Attorney, Darcy Gildon, stepped out of the courtroom after prosecuting a prolonged and disturbing multiple murder case. Feeling emotionally drained and physically tired, she is ready for rest and a little tranquility in her life. When her best friends invite her to join them on a three-week camping vacation by the Snake River in Oregon\u2019s beautiful Hells Canyon, Darcy jumps at the opportunity with the hope that it will be fun, adventurous, and most of all, peaceful. She asks Ashley, her younger sister and recent college graduate, to accompany her on this journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three days later, they find themselves in the remote wilderness and scenic terrain of Oregon. While hiking, Darcy and Ashley accidentally come across hunters and witness a horrific crime in progress. Terrified by what they saw, they make a desperate attempt to flee the scene. Their vacation had suddenly turned into a nightmare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheriff Ethan Walker stood at the peaceful banks of the Snake River, fishing in solitude. He came to Hells Canyon trying to put the loss of his best friend and police partner behind him. As he returned to his camp, he finds a woman hiding behind a nearby tree, battered and terrified\u2014Darcy Gildon. Exhausted and in pain, she describes what she had witnessed, and tells him that his life is also in danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan now faces a struggle for survival with the hope that his skills would be enough to save Darcy, her sister, and himself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the newest from Las Cruces Writer Susan Elaine Pfeiffer, now available on Amazon. Here&#8217;s a synopsis: RUN, HIDE, OR DIE L.A. 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Feeling emotionally drained and physically tired, she is ready for rest and a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33,4,90,32],"tags":[35,353,351,149],"class_list":["post-1576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-release","category-events","category-members","category-writers","tag-book-release","tag-crime-drama","tag-hunted-in-hells-canyon","tag-susan-elaine-pfeiffer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdvZx1-pq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascruceswritersgroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}