A group of strangers come to work at an isolated hotel restaurant in northern Arizona. Each is running from something or someone. As they get to know each other, the workers form a bond, especially after experiencing the death of a friend. There is Sydney, escaping an abusive husband, and Carmen, the general manager, who is grieving for her husband, a sheriff killed in the line of duty. Another worker, Marshall, is trying to gently break off from a woman who is too dependent on him. But also among the group is a killer, which they realize after a body is discovered on the night of a freak snowstorm. The hotel, located off the beaten track, is further isolated by the storm.Everyone is forced to look at each other in a different light as they try to identify who among them is the killer. They are trapped In the Middle of Nowhere.This tense murder mystery will have you in its grip as you come to care for the characters and worry over their every move.Author C.L. Barnes spent most of her life in the Southwest. She is a huge Stephen King fan and used to work in a setting quite like the one described in her novel. She now lives in Eastern Tennessee with her husband and son.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/InTheMiddleOfNowhere.html