The Edge of Nowhere

The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9781444719963.

Becca King and her mother are on the run from her stepfather who has used Beccas talent for hearing whispers to make a large and illegal sum of money. Now their options for safety are running out. In the town of Langley on Whidbey Island, Becca finds refuge in the home of her mothers childhood friend while her mother continues on to Canada in search of safety. But on her first day in town Becca meets sixteen years old Derric Mathieson, a Ugandan orphan who was adopted as a ten-year-old by the towns Deputy Sheriff. Derric has a secret that no one on Whidbey Island knows. Derric and Becca form an un-severable bond. Becca is convinced that shes the only person who can truly help him, and just maybe Derric can convince Becca that life is too short to live on the run.