“A twisty, jet-fueled thriller… Don’t miss it!” – Lisa Gardner
Packed with the electrifying pacing and pulse-pounding suspense of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner, a thrilling debut about a mother desperate to find the connections between her missing husband and a deadly stalker who knows too much about her own dark family history.
Driving home
one rainy night, Cassie Larkin sees a man and woman fighting on the side of the
road. After calling 911, she makes
a split-second decision that will throw her suburban life into chaos. Against
the dispatcher’s advice, she gets out of her minivan and confronts the
attacker. That’s when he turns on her and spits out a chilling ultimatum: “Let
her die, and I’ll let you live.”
A veterinarian trained to heal, Cassie can’t let the woman die.
But while she’s examining the unconscious victim, the attacker steals her car.
Now he has her name. Her address. And he knows about her children. Though they
warn her to be careful, the police assure her that the perpetrator won’t get
near her. Cassie isn’t so sure.
The next day—Halloween—her husband disappears while
trick-or-treating with their six-year-old daughter. Are these disturbing events
a coincidence or the beginning of a horrifying nightmare? Her husband has been
growing distant—is it possible he’s become involved with another woman? Is
Cassie’s confrontation with the road-side attacker connected to her husband’s
disappearance? With these questions swirling in her mind Cassie can trust no
one, maybe not even herself. The only thing she knows for sure is that she
can’t sit back while the people she loves are in danger.
As she desperately searches for answers, Cassie discovers that
nothing is as random as it seems, and that she is more than willing to fight—to
go to the most terrifying extremes—to save her family.
“[A] fast-paced, menacing story… The paranoia is contagious, and Chavez will definitely have you looking over your shoulder. The book, however, is fantastic, with unique characters and nerve-wracking tension!”
