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Come Home

A Novel
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Description

Lisa Scottoline has delivered taut thrillers with a powerful emotional wallop in her New York Times bestsellers Save Me, Think Twice, and Look Again.

Now, with her new novel, Come Home, she ratchets up the suspense with the riveting story of a mother who sacrifices her future for a child from her past.

Jill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her and her daughter's lives back on track after a divorce. She is about to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her---though it is stressful---and her daughter, Megan, is a happily over-scheduled thirteen-year-old juggling homework and the swim team.

But Jill's life is turned upside down when her ex-stepdaughter, Abby, shows up on her doorstep late one night and delivers shocking news: Jill's ex-husband is dead. Abby insists that he was murdered and pleads with Jill to help find his killer. Jill reluctantly agrees to make a few inquiries and discovers that things don't add up. As she digs deeper, her actions threaten to rip apart her new family, destroy their hard-earned happiness, and even endanger her own life. Yet Jill can't turn her back on a child she loves and once called her own.

Come Home reads with the breakneck pacing of a thriller while also exploring the definition of motherhood, asking the questions: Do you ever stop being a mother? Can you ever have an ex-child? What are the limits to love of family?

Product Details

PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
Publish DateFebruary 26, 2013
Pages400
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781250023292
Dimensions8.3 X 5.6 X 22.6 mm | 1.1 pounds

About the Author

Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels including Look Again, Lady Killer, Think Twice, Save Me and Everywhere That Mary Went. She also writes a weekly column, “Chick Wit,” with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The columns have been collected in several volumes, including Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog and My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space. Scottoline has won an Edgar® Award and Cosmopolitan magazine’s “Fun Fearless Fiction” Award, and she served as the president of Mystery Writers of America. She teaches a course on justice and fiction at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. She lives in the Philadelphia area.

Reviews

“You won't be able to put this one down.” —Jodi Picoult, author of Sing You Home and House Rules on Save Me

“Powerful, provocative, and page-turning!” —Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author of Heart of the Matter and Something Borrowed on Save Me

“A white-hot crossover novel about the perils of mother love . . . Scottoline shifts gears at every curve with the cool efficiency of a NASCAR driver.” —Kirkus Reviews on Save Me

“A novel packed with excitement and emotion, Save Me is a gut-clenching, heart-stirring read.” —Sandra Brown, author of Tough Customer on Save Me

“...a satisfying, nail-biting thriller.” —Publishers Weekly on Save Me

“Heart-pounding! Open up Save Me, and save yourself with a great book.” —Lisa Gardner, author of Live to Tell on Save Me

“Scottoline masterfully fits every detail into a tight plot chock-full of real characters, real issues, and real thrills. A story anchored by the impenetrable power of a mother's love, it begs the question, just how far would you go to save your child?” —Booklist on Save Me

Save Me is thrilling and infused with love. Brilliant, I couldn't put it down.” —Louise Penny, author of Bury Your Dead on Save Me

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