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Honor Gillette is a newly divorced mother who, after her four‑year‑old daughter alerts her that a sick man is in their yard, rushes to help. The man, Lee Coburn, turns out to be a dangerous fugitive accused of multiple murders and demands that Honor do everything he orders to keep her and her child safe.
As Coburn’s threats intensify, Honor discovers that her late husband once possessed something of great value that brought the killer to her doorstep. Evading law‑enforcement and corrupt forces, she must navigate a dangerous past and an ominous future, from Washington, D.C., to the swamps of Louisiana, as they confront a web of corruption and betrayal that threatens more than just their lives.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Suspense/Action Suspense
Authors: Sandra Brown
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