The Runaway
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Publisher Description
When Peter Ash rescues a stranded woman, he finds she's in far deeper trouble than he bargained for...
Peter Ash came home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: crippling claustrophobia due to PTSD. After years of living rough, he's trying hard to get back to a normal life – one where people aren't trying to kill him.
And then he meets Helene, a young pregnant woman stranded on a remote Nebraska road. With no other rescuers in sight, Peter offers her a ride.
But Helene's angry ex-cop husband is hot on her trail. It seems Helene has seen something she was never meant to see, and for Peter, protecting her will mean putting both their lives on the line...
Reviews for Nick Petrie and the Peter Ash series:
'Petrie's writing shows ever-increasing skill and confidence with no sign of flagging' Crime Fiction Lover
'Petrie's Peter Ash is the real deal' Lee Child
'Stunning... The pace is like a sniper round, extraordinarily fast and precisely calibrated' David Baldacci
'If you aren't reading Nick Petrie, now is the time to start' C.J. Box
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Thriller Award winner Petrie's gripping seventh novel featuring Marine vet Peter Ash (after 2021's The Breaker), 19-year-old Helene Johansen seizes the chance to escape her dreary life in Coldwater, Mont., by hitching a ride with Roy Wiley, a charming stranger who stops to fill up his truck at the gas station where she works. Months later, Ash is driving through rural Nebraska when he comes across a vacant car and a pregnant Helene by the side of the road. Since her impulsive decision, Helene has discovered Roy is the leader of a team of professional thieves and a cold-blooded killer, but only after falling for and marrying him. She's willing to do whatever she has to, to protect herself and her unborn child. She gladly accepts Ash's help, but she later abandons him to his fate when Roy and his crew corner them in the remote countryside and she pretends to have gone with Ash unwillingly. Ash escapes, and a nail-biting chase across the northern Great Plains ensues. Shifting points of view serve to heighten the suspense. This adrenaline-fueled ride will keep readers turning the pages.
