A phone call alerts single mom Sarah Keller letting her
know that her five year old daughter Zoe has been injured
in a school bus crash along with some other classmates. As
Sarah dashes into the ER department at the local hospital
in Oklahoma, she is taken aback when she see the look on
the doctor's face. Even more shocking is the news that a
scan done on Zoe to check out her injuries had revealed a
microchip embedded in her small body.
Still reeling from the news, Sarah just knows that she has
to get out of there before anything else happens to Zoe.
She can't take a chance that the hospital staff will take
the time to listen to her story and Zoe is now at risk.
She needs time, but how to get Zoe out of there? Sarah knows
this will make her look bad, but what can she do?
Sarah's sister Bethany made her swear that to her dying day
Sarah is to take care of wee baby Zoe. So from the time Zoe
was six weeks old, Zoe has cared for her and loves her will
all her heart. She would do anything to protect her
precious baby!
Over time, Sarah has developed skills to make her
successful as a shadow tracer -- tracking down those
deadbeats and criminals who live their lives off the grid,
so not to be caught. Some are good at this, but even off
the grid, people can still be traced in the shadow and now
Sarah knows this is where she has to run. But, as the
hunter becomes the hunted, Sarah realizes that not only
will the police be after her, but as news gets out, Zoe's
father's family will be as well.
The Worthes are pure
white trash, with a bad dose of a God put to shame and
polygamy the family game. Yet, by using God's name in vain
and taking resources for themselves, they are now an
extremely formidable, vicious and fanatical cult whose
members would stop at nothing till they got Zoe in their
clutches. Is there anyone she can trust? How can she
find a way to escape?
THE SHADOW TRACER is the latest suspense thriller from
Edgar Award-winning author Meg Gardiner. With its
brilliantly conceived plot and lightning --paced action, you
are immediately pulled right into the action as the story
moves from the seemingly ordinary to the unimaginable, yet
realistic horror. I literally could not put this down,
except for scant moments and read it through the night
until I came to its astonishing ending. Definitely worth
losing sleep over! I have now added Gardiner to my list of
favourite unbeatable suspense authors!
Gardiner's characters are very well drawn from that of the
aggressive FBI Agent Curtis Harker, the psychotic Worthe
cult family members to that of US Marshall Michael Lawless
and others. I particularly like Sarah as a character and
how she highlights how quickly and ruthlessly communication
technologies can be used in the shadows both on and off the
grid. Although written as a stand-alone thriller, I do hope
that Gardiner might consider turning this into a series
with more on Sarah and possibly Michael, both very strong
and resourceful characters. Anyone who loves suspenseful
thrills and chills are sure to find this a hellishly
exciting read! Enjoy!
An explosive stand-alone thriller from the Edgar
Award–winning writer Stephen King called “the next suspense
superstar”
Can a person ever really disappear
for good by going off the grid? And what happens when
vanishing is no longer an option?
Sarah Keller is
a single mother to five-year-old Zoe, living quietly in
Oklahoma. She’s also a skip tracer, an expert in tracking
people who’ve gone on the lam to avoid arrest, prosecution,
or debt—pinpointing their locations to bring them to
justice.
When a school bus accident sends Zoe to
the ER, their quiet life explodes. Zoe’s medical tests
reveal what Sarah has been hiding: Zoe is not her daughter.
Zoe’s biological mother—Sarah’s sister, Beth—was murdered
shortly after the child’s birth. And Zoe’s father is missing
and presumed dead.
With no way to prove her
innocence, Sarah must abandon her carefully constructed life
and go on the run. Chased by cops, federal agents, and the
group responsible for Beth’s murder, Sarah embarks on a
desperate journey. Can her knowledge as a skip tracer help
her stay off the grid, remain one step ahead of her
pursuers, and find a way to save her daughter?
Meg
Gardiner is acclaimed for her richly drawn characters,
propulsive plotting, relentless suspense, and shocking
twists. The Shadow Tracer delivers on those fronts
and more.
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