**"A twisting, heart-wrenching journey into a marriage, a gripping
thriller . . . Reardon grabs his readers on page one, then deftly
ratchets up the suspense until the breathless ending."--Lisa Unger, New
York Times bestselling author
**
Julia Swann, mother of two young boys, is on the phone with her husband,
Michael, when the call abruptly cuts out. It isn't until later in the
evening when she discovers that something terrible has happened at Penn
Station, where Michael was waiting for a train home.
Julia races to New York City to look for Michael, her panicked searching
interwoven with memories of meeting and falling in love with the husband
she's now desperate to find. When someone finds a flyer she's posted and
tells her they may have seen her husband, her prayers seem to be
answered. Yet as she tries to find him, her calls go unanswered. Did
Michael survive? If so, why hasn't he contacted her? Was he--or is he
still--the man she fell in love with?
Part family drama, part tragic love story, The Real Michael Swann is a
deftly plotted suspense novel with an unflinching portrait of a marriage
at its heart, challenging us to confront the unthinkable--both in our
country and in our own homes.
"Reardon masterfully delivers an intimate, heartbreaking portrayal of
a family whose love, trust, and loyalty for each other is put to the
ultimate test."--Rhiannon Navin, author of Only Child
