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William Morrow
October 2018
On Sale: October 9, 2018
320 pages
ISBN: 0062663844
EAN: 9780062663849
Kindle: B072QVPG8Y
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Mystery | Literature and Fiction
Set against the assassination of JFK, a poignant and evocative crime novel that centers on a desperate cat-and- mouse chase across 1960s Americaβa story of unexpected connections, daring possibilities, and the hope of second chances from the Edgar Award-winning author of The Long and Faraway Gone. Frank Guidryβs luck has finally run out. A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleansβ mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable. But now itβs his turnβhe knows too much about the crime of the century: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Within hours of JFKβs murder, everyone with ties to Marcello is turning up dead, and Guidry suspects heβs next: he was in Dallas on an errand for the boss less than two weeks before the president was shot. With few good options, Guidry hits the road to Las Vegas, to see an old associateβ a dangerous man who hates Marcello enough to help Guidry vanish. Guidry knows that the first rule of running is "donβt stop," but when he sees a beautiful housewife on the side of the road with a broken-down car, two little daughters and a dog in the back seat, he sees the perfect disguise to cover his tracks from the hit men on his tail. Posing as an insurance man, Guidry offers to help Charlotte reach her destination, California. If she accompanies him to Vegas, he can help her get a new car. For her, itβs more than a carβ itβs an escape. Sheβs on the run too, from a stifling existence in small-town Oklahoma and a kindly husband whoβs a hopeless drunk. Itβs an American story: two strangers meet to share the open road west, a dream, a hopeβand find each other on the way. Charlotte sees that heβs strong and kind; Guidry discovers that sheβs smart and funny. He learns thatβs she determined to give herself and her kids a new life; she canβt know that heβs desperate to leave his old one behind. Another ruleβfugitives shouldnβt fall in love, especially with each other. A road isnβt just a road, itβs a trail, and Guidryβs ruthless and relentless hunters are closing in on him. But now Guidry doesnβt want to just survive, he wants to really live, maybe for the first time. Everyoneβs expendable, or they should be, but now Guidry just canβt throw away the woman heβs come to love. And it might get them both killed.
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