Dark Lie

About this book

In this gripping psychological thriller--smart chilling and unrelenting--Nancy Springer establishes herself as an exciting new suspense writer with a distinctive voice and some surprises up her sleeve... To their neighbors Dorrie and Sam Whiteare a contented couple in Americas heartland with steady jobs a suburban home and plenty of community activities to keep them busy. But theyre not quite what they seem. For plain hard-working Sam hides a depth of devotion for his wife that no one would suspect. And Dorrie is living a lie--beset by physical ailments alone within herself...and secretly following the comings and goings of the sixteen-year-old daughter Juliet she gave up for adoption when she was hardly more than a child herself. Then one day at the mall Dorrie watches horror-stricken as Juliet is abducted forced into a van that drives away. Instinctively Dorrie sends her own car speeding after it--an act of reckless courage that puts her on a collision course with a depraved killer...and draws Sam into a dogged desperate search to save his wife. As mother and daughter unite in a terrifying struggle to survive to what extremes will Dorrie go in overcoming her own limitations...and in confronting her dark tormented past?