Description: To escape her violent, abusive, and powerful husband, a woman kidnaps her own child and flees across country, trying to erase all traces of who she once was before she falls victim to his murderous vengeance.
Brief description:
Brian Garfield (1939-2018) wrote more than fifty novels, and eighteen films are based on his works. He is the author of The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History. He was president of both the Western Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America and received the latter's Edgar Award for best novel of the year.
Review Quotes:
"Garfield builds diverse, rough, full-blooded people and sets them on a collision course."
-- "Robert Ludlum, New York Times bestselling author of The Bourne Identity"