Cashmere (Hudson Family Fiction Series)

The elevator doors close on an ordinary Thursday afternoon. Two elevators, six people, one catastrophic moment when a bomb tears through the Cashmere Building. Trapped between floors as smoke rises and oxygen depletes, they receive an unthinkable order: someone must sacrifice themselves, or everyone dies. In the men's elevator: Sage, a sales executive whose carefully constructed life is collapsing. Garrett, an engineer counting down to his wedding. John, a veteran haunted by the men lost under his command. In the women's elevator: Eliza, glowing with news of the pregnancy she's come to share with her husband. Claire, ambitious and unapologetic about the affair that's about to be exposed. Hannah, exonerated after twelve years in prison for a murder she didn't commit, tasting freedom for the first time that morning. Through the gap in the doors, they can see each other. Hear each other. Judge each other. As accusations fly and moral frameworks collapse, six people must confront impossible questions: How do you measure the value of a human life? By age? By potential? By who loves them? By who they've hurt? The clock is ticking. The smoke is rising.