The Desert Behind Me - Softcover

Baker, Shannon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1648755054 ISBN 13: 9781648755057

Publisher: Severn River Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

**WINNER OF THE NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA BOOK AWARD**

“Shannon Baker gets better with every book. A superb read.” —Jess Lourey, bestselling author of The Quarry Girls

Two girls gone. One haunting past that refuses to stay buried.

Jamie Butler is a mystery.

To the residents of sun-scorched Tucson, she's just a retired New York cop looking for a fresh start. Few know of the dark cloud that follows her: the traumatic murder of her daughter and her own ensuing mental breakdown. But as Jamie starts anew, building a life with the Arizona Rangers and kindling a romance with Deputy Rafe Grijalva, a sinister echo rises: a girl disappears under eerily similar circumstances to her own daughter.

When Jamie and Rafe dig deeper, they unearth chilling patterns too haunting to overlook, reminiscent of a nightmare Jamie believed was laid to rest.

But as evidence emerges, and with Jamie's unstable mental state casting shadows of doubt, she's swiftly thrust into the eye of suspicion. Now, she’s ensnared in a race against time, desperate to save another and confront her past.

As the desert sun beats down, one thing becomes chillingly apparent: the line between Jamie's twisted memories and a horrifying reality is blurring beyond recognition.

About this title

About the Author

Shannon Baker is the award-winning author of The Desert Behind Me and the Kate Fox series, along with the Nora Abbott mysteries and the Michaela Sanchez Southwest Crime Thrillers. She is the proud recipient of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers 2014 and 2017-18 Writer of the Year Award. Baker spent 20 years in the Nebraska Sandhills, where cattle outnumber people by more than 50:1. She now lives on the edge of the desert in Tucson with her crazy Weimaraner and her favorite human. A lover of the great outdoors, she can be found backpacking, traipsing to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, skiing mountains and plains, kayaking lakes, river running, hiking, cycling, and scuba diving whenever she gets a chance. Arizona sunsets notwithstanding, Baker is, and always will be a Nebraska Husker. Go Big Red.

Edition details

• Publisher: Severn River Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1648755054
• ISBN 13: 9781648755057
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280