Cole and Lisa knew their hopes of adopting the baby they had been fostering had been crushed when a judge gave custody back to her biological mother. What they didn't know was that the baby's mother would show up at their home bleeding to death and telling them to take the baby and run. Β The baby's life was in danger. The family ran and lived under assumed identities for thirteen years. Cole and Lisa were the only suspects the FBI had. One fateful act alerts the FBI of the family's whereabouts and they become fugitives again. Their false sense of security was obliterated. As if things weren't bad enough, someone is trying to kill them.
NOT OUR DAUGHTER, a novel by Chad Zunker, is a propulsive domestic thriller. Β It is well-plotted and moves at breakneck speed. Β From the beginning, readers are drawn into this high-tension tale as the family goes from one frightening experience to another. Β Just when it seems their luck has run out and that they will be captured or killed, the narrative surprises us. Β The large cast of characters is skillfully managed. Β They all have their strengths, but it is Cole who is perhaps the most competent of them all. He is fiercely devoted to his family's safety but it remains if this will be enough to save them
Filled with surprises and twists and turns, NOT OUR DAUGHTER is a true page-turner. Β Highly recommended. Β Β Β
Propelled on a cross-country chase, devoted parents become desperate fugitives in a heart-racing novel of suspense by the author of Family Money and All He Has Left.
Thirteen years ago, Cole and Lisa Shipley were fostering an infant with hopes of adopting her. Overnight everything was turned upside down, when the child’s mother bled to death on their front doorstep. Her last words: He’s coming here…for her! Save her. Afraid, bewildered, and with a baby in their arms, they fled. The longer they hid, the guiltier they looked.
Now in a small Colorado town under assumed identities, they’ve been seemingly safe. But when a tip exposes them and Cole is framed for another murder, they take it on the run again, barreling across the western US—this time with a confused and resistant teenage girl awakening to a terrifying new reality. In the rearview is the relentless FBI agent who has never given up the hunt. And he’s not the only one.
Every frightening mile brings a family closer to the truth about that fateful night thirteen years ago. And to a killer who’s determined to finish what he started.
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