China Lake

China Lake by Gardiner, Meg. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780340822470.

Evan Delaney is a heroine of our times: a woman with a big heart, a quick tongue and a hot temper that gets her into trouble. She is shocked to discover that Tabitha, her ex-sister-in-law, has joined The Remnant - the Reverend Pete Wyomings fanatical band of disciples. And that Tabitha is trying to regain custody of her six-year-old son, Luke, currently in Evans care while his father is posted to the Naval Air Warfare Center. Then one of the Remnant is killed, and Evans brother is the prime suspect. With her boyfriend, lawyer Jesse Blackburn, Evan tries to clear her brothers name and rescue her nephew. In doing so, she finds herself caught up in a wild plan to steal weapons, and a blazing inferno on a Santa Barbara hillside.