**Three fathers collide far beyond the reach or safety of the law in
this breathtaking thriller from the beloved author of The Stolen Hours
and The Life We Bury and "one of our best crime writers at the top
of his game" (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling
author).
Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to
live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also
racked by guilt--he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then
the former local sheriff, Lyle Voight, arrives with a desperate plea:
Lyle's daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have
disappeared. Lyle's certain Sandy's ex-husband Reed is behind it, but
the new sheriff is refusing to investigate.
When Max reluctantly looks into their disappearance, he too becomes
convinced something has gone very wrong. But the closer Max and Lyle get
to finding proof, the more slippery Reed becomes, until he makes a break
for the beautiful but formidable Boundary Waters wilderness with
vulnerable Pip in tow.
Racing after the most dangerous kind of criminal--a desperate
father--and with the ghosts of their own pasts never far behind, Max and
Lyle go on the hunt within a treacherous landscape, determined to bring
an evil man to justice, and to bring a terrified child home alive.
"Allen Eskens . . . produces some of the best cat-and-mouse games I
have read. This is a novel that you will not easily forget."
--BookReporter
"The search for mother and child fuels the brisk plot, but Forsaken
Country spins on Eskens' in-depth character studies. . . . Eskens is at
the top of his skills." --Oline H. Cogdill, The South Florida Sun
Sentinel
"The suspense never flags . . . heart-pounding and heartfelt, Forsaken
Country should be at the top of your to-be-read list."-- Heather
Gudenkauf
