No Way Back by Andrew Gross (William Morrow, April 2013)
This latest from sometimes James Patterson co-author puts
two disparate women on a collision course after each has been in the wrong
place at the wrong time; when their paths collide, they form an unusual
alliance as they each try to reclaim and rebuild their lives which are now
seemingly manipulated by others.
Suburban wife Wendy is an ex-cop who is in Manhattan to attend to self-publishing
conference; when a friend stands her up at the bar, Wendy does what, until that
very moment, is the unthinkable, accompanies a man she just met back to his
room. Coming to her senses before things
get too much out of hand, Wendy is in the bathroom putting herself back together
for her trip home when someone walks into the room and shoots the man she was
with. Wendy’s cop instincts kick in and
she shoots and kills the assassin only to learn he was with Homeland
Security. Not sure what she has stumbled
on, Wendy flees to her home, bringing more trouble with her. Now her husband is dead and she’s on the lam,
looking for some one to believe and help her.
Lauritzia, the nanny of an attorney’s two children finds herself at the
scene of a bombing that she realizes has connections to her family in Mexico . Wendy
and Lauritzia join forces trying to learn who is behind these deadly acts and
who is at the root of these murders. The
only clue they have are the words uttered before the first execution “This is
for Gillian.” Fast paced with twists and
turns you will never see coming No Way
Back will take your breath away and doesn’t let you catch it until the last
page.