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Everyone in the quiet Jersey Shore town of Silver Bay knows the story: on a Sunday evening in September 1991, Ramsey Miller threw a blowout block party, then murdered his beautiful wife and three-year old daughter.
But everyone is wrong, the daughter got away. Now she is nearly eighteen and tired of living in secrecy. Under the name Melanie Denison, she has spent the last fifteen years in small-town West Virginia as part of the Witness Protection Program. She has never been allowed to travel, go to a school dance, or even have internet at home. Precautions must be taken at every turn, because Ramsey Miller was never caught and might still be looking for his daughter. Yet despite strict house rules, Melanie has entered into a relationship with a young teacher at the local high school and is now ten weeks pregnant. She doesn't want her child to live in hiding as she has had to. Defying her guardians and taking matters into her own hands, Melanie returns to Silver Bay in hopes of doing what the authorities failed to do: find her father before he finds her. Weaving in Ramsey's story in the three days leading up to the brutal crime, Before He Finds Her is a stirring novel about love and faith and fear-and how the most important things can become terribly distorted when we cling to them fiercely.
But everyone is wrong, the daughter got away. Now she is nearly eighteen and tired of living in secrecy. Under the name Melanie Denison, she has spent the last fifteen years in small-town West Virginia as part of the Witness Protection Program. She has never been allowed to travel, go to a school dance, or even have internet at home. Precautions must be taken at every turn, because Ramsey Miller was never caught and might still be looking for his daughter. Yet despite strict house rules, Melanie has entered into a relationship with a young teacher at the local high school and is now ten weeks pregnant. She doesn't want her child to live in hiding as she has had to. Defying her guardians and taking matters into her own hands, Melanie returns to Silver Bay in hopes of doing what the authorities failed to do: find her father before he finds her. Weaving in Ramsey's story in the three days leading up to the brutal crime, Before He Finds Her is a stirring novel about love and faith and fear-and how the most important things can become terribly distorted when we cling to them fiercely.
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About the Author:
Michael Kardos is the Pushcart Prize-winning author of the novels The Three-Day Affair and Before He Finds Her and the story collection One Last Good Time. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he lives in Starkville, Mississippi, where he codirects the creative writing program at Mississippi State University.
From School Library Journal:
In the New Jersey beach community of Silver Bay in 1991, the Miller family hosted a block party; later that night, Ramsey Miller murdered his wife and disappeared, along with their three-year-old daughter Meg. Fifteen years later, the case is still open. Most people believe that Ramsey also murdered his daughter and then fled the country. But no one knows except for Melanie Denison, the now 18-year-old who was once Meg Miller, and her adoptive parents, Uncle Wayne and Aunt Kendra. For 15 years, they have lived in Fredonia, WV, mostly staying off the grid, hoping that Ramsey doesn't find them. But Melanie/Meg now has her own reasons for wanting to stop hiding and move out into the real world, and so she sets off for New Jersey to find some answers. Told in alternating sections between Melanie's search in 2006 and Ramsey's actions leading up to the murder in 1991, this is a compelling and layered story about truth and lies, and love and loss. Melanie is a typical teen, although more naïve than many, and her mistakes and blunders are as natural a part of her personality as her determination and resolve. VERDICT Teens who enjoy thrillers and mysteries that keep them guessing will gobble this one up.—Sarah Flowers, formerly of Santa Clara County (CA) Library
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- PublisherHighBridge Audio
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1622315928
- ISBN 13 9781622315925
- BindingAudio CD
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