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Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery that claimed four lives, including two members of his gang. The $7 million he stole has never been recovered, and everyone in the prison assumes Audie holds the key to its whereabouts. Daily, he endures beatings, stabbings, and threats from guards, fellow inmates, and criminal gangs—all desperate to learn where the money is hidden. Suddenly, on the eve of his release, Audie vanishes. While the prison community races to find him, Audie is not running; instead, he is racing against time to save a life—and perhaps his own.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Michael Robotham
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