Carter Wilson takes readers on a wild ride as Penny Bly, a genius savant with a high IQ, decides to go find her father, who abandoned her after she was pushed down the stairs when she was seven years old. Penny’s been sheltered her whole life, attending the Willow Brook Institute for the Brain and living with her alcoholic mother. But now, on her twenty-first birthday and after receiving a dismissive card from her father, Penny is determined to enter the wild and track down the man who left her broken and abandoned in THE FATHER SHE WENT TO FIND.

Penny has her father’s address, a treasure map, and ninety-six dollars in cash when she sets out to find her father. When she runs into Travis at a local mall, she finds someone to come along on her journey. As the two embark on their trip, Penny finds herself thrown into circumstances beyond her control, and her father’s warnings of dragons in the world prove true. From loan sharks, hitmen, bad cops, seedy hotels, a diner owner in hiding, and an organization interested in Penny’s brain, Penny and Travis encounter them all. It will take Penny’s unique abilities, to outsmart, outmaneuver, and outrun the dangers that are tailing her. Will her journey bring her closure? Or will it be the end of the road for Penny? 

THE FATHER SHE WENT TO FIND is a thrilling psychological foray into a young woman’s journey to understand her childhood and the people who abandoned her. Penny has unique abilities, such as a photographic memory and associating colors with numbers. She has book smarts, but she lacks street smarts, and her naiveté about the word places her at a distinct disadvantage. Yet, Penny has bravado and processes information quickly. Along with her acquired travel companions, she maneuvers around the bad guys with reckless abandon and continues on her search for her father. Wilson’s writing is propulsive and moves along quickly, keeping readers engaged and on the edge of their seats. This wild, twisting, and harrowing ride is entertaining, surprising, and fun all the way until the end, when Penny literally falls out of the sky. Enjoy the trip. It’s well worth it.