Violation - Softcover

North, Darian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451179153 ISBN 13: 9780451179159

Publisher: Signet, 1999

Synopsis

Thea Auben has fought hard to forget about the savage attack that changed her life many years ago, and to raise her son protected from the awful truth, but when the boy disappears, she will be forced to face the past again. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Darian North is the author of three previous bestselling suspense novels, Thief of Souls, Bone Deep, and Criminal Seduction. A native of California, North currently lives in New York.

From Publishers Weekly:

Raising her teenaged son in a remote Humboldt County, Calif., town, rape victim Althea Auben begins this involving novel of psychological suspense as a reclusive computer researcher hiding from her past. When her son runs away to Thea's Long Island hometown to try to discover his father's identity, Thea's landlord and neighbor, Jack Verrity, a sensitive ex-cop struggling with his own memories, joins her in going after the boy. Together they face the dark secrets in Thea's past and in the process uncover a deadly North Shore real estate scam. The reader easily stays a step ahead of the anxious mother and her detective friend, yet the narrative proves affecting as North (Thief of Souls) provides an empathetic portrait of a rape victim's continuing torment, especially when Thea discovers that her life is not the only one that was shattered, and that a tangled web of secrets still exists. Occasionally, the story defies reason. Why would the detective read a printout of Thea's erotic fantasies (shared in an online chat room) and not suspect trouble? Still, readers absorbed in Thea's transformation from terrified dropout to unswerving avenger won't care about a few lapses of logic. Rights: Aaron Priest Agency.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0451179153
• ISBN 13: 9780451179159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448