In this gripping psychological thriller--smart, chilling, and
unrelenting Nancy Springer establishes herself as an exciting new
suspense writer with a distinctive voice and some surprises up her
sleeve....
To their neighbors, Dorrie and Sam White are a contented couple in
America's heartland, with steady jobs, a suburban home, and plenty of
community activities to keep them busy. But they're not quite what they
seem. For plain, hard-working Sam hides a depth of devotion for his wife
that no one would suspect. And Dorrie is living a lie--beset by physical
ailments, alone within herself...and secretly following the comings and
goings of the 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, she gave up for adoption
when she was hardly more than a child herself.
Then one day at the mall, Dorrie watches horror-stricken as Juliet is
abducted; forced into a van that drives away. Instinctively, Dorrie
sends her own car speeding after it--an act of reckless courage that
puts her on a collision course with a depraved killer...and draws Sam
into a dogged, desperate search to save his wife. As mother and daughter
unite in a terrifying struggle to survive, to what extremes will Dorrie
go in overcoming her own limitations...and in confronting her dark,
tormented past?
