<p><strong>A haunted past. A thirty-five-year-old mystery. Can Martina uncover the truth in time to find a missing woman and keep herself from falling victim to the city's darkest elements?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>With haunted eyes, a survivor steps into the offices of Drakos Monroe Security ' Investigations, asking for Martina's help. Thirty-five years earlier, Nancy made a harrowing escape from the clutches of a ruthless sex-trafficking syndicate in San Francisco, forced to leave her best friend Victoria behind. Clean and with a family of her own, Nancy hires Martina to find Victoria in a search for closure, justice, and the friend she lost so many years ago.</p><p>Soon, Martina finds that Victoria's fate is entwined in a decades-old mystery, and every new clue draws back the veil on corruption and depravity that spans over three decades.</p><p><br></p><p>With time as her adversary, Martina must unravel the mystery of Victoria's fate, investigating a criminal network hell-bent on preserving its dark secrets.&nbsp;</p><p>The stakes reach fever pitch as she uncovers the chilling truth and a <em>shocking</em> revelation.</p><p><br></p><p>Ignoring the dangers of hunting ruthless criminals, Martina and her team will stop at nothing to uncover the truth.</p><p><br></p><p><em>How She Escaped </em>is the 10th installment of the<em> </em>Martina Monroe Crime Thriller series.&nbsp;</p>