Meg Gardiner: The Shadow Tracer (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
Sarah Keller is a skip tracer, tracking criminals who have gone on the lam. She's also a single mother to five-year-old Zoe, living quietly in small-town Oklahoma -- until an accident sends Zoe to the ER, and their life changes in a heartbeat. Medical tests reveal a desperate secret Sarah has been hiding for years: Zoe is not her daughter, but rather a girl once rescued from a nightmare of murder, vengeance, and harrowing family ties she can't possibly remember. Sarah does. And someone wants to make sure she never forgets.

Now Sarah must abandon her carefully constructed life and take Zoe on the run. Using her knowledge as a skip tracer to stay off the grid, she must remain one step ahead of her pursuers if she is to stay alive, save Zoe, and bury the past once and for all.

Meg Gardiner: The Shadow Tracer. Signet, ISBN: 9780451468000 (June, 2014), 384 p., $7.99.

M. G. Gardiner: The Shadow Tracer (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
The Shadow Tracer is a nerve-jangling, fast-paced new thriller from the Edgar Award-winning writer, M. G. Gardiner
When someone wants to find you badly enough, vanishing is no longer an option.

Sarah Keller is a young single mother living in Oklahoma with her five-year-old daughter, Zoe. Her day job is to hunt out people on the run and bring them to justice. So imagine how it looks when a school bus accident sends Zoe to the ER and tests reveal Sarah can't be Zoe's mother.

Sarah has been living a lie for years and finally the truth is coming out. Who is she? Who were Zoe's parents? And why does Zoe's identity bring the FBI down on Sarah's tail in mere minutes?

The FBI is the least of her worries, though. Sarah needs to keep Zoe off the grid, but with a sinister religious cult also on the trail, where on earth can they hide?

Something deadly lurks in Sarah's past and its resurfacing brings terror to all it touches.

Fans of Jeffery Deaver and Andrew Gross will love this slick page-turner of a thriller.

M. G. Gardiner: The Shadow Tracer. Hide and Seek. Live or die. Penguin, ISBN: 9781405913942 (December, 2013), 434 p., £7.99.

Meg Gardiner: The Shadow Tracer (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
An explosive stand-alone thriller from the Edgar Award-winning writer Stephen King called "the next suspense superstar"
Can a person ever really disappear for good by going off the grid? And what happens when vanishing is no longer an option?

Sarah Keller is a single mother to five-year-old Zoe, living quietly in Oklahoma. She's also a skip tracer, an expert in tracking people who've gone on the lam to avoid arrest, prosecution, or debt -- pinpointing their locations to bring them to justice.

When a school bus accident sends Zoe to the ER, their quiet life explodes. Zoe's medical tests reveal what Sarah has been hiding: Zoe is not her daughter. Zoe's biological mother -- Sarah's sister, Beth -- was murdered shortly after the child's birth. And Zoe's father is missing and presumed dead.

With no way to prove her innocence, Sarah must abandon her carefully constructed life and go on the run. Chased by cops, federal agents, and the group responsible for Beth's murder, Sarah embarks on a desperate journey. Can her knowledge as a skip tracer help her stay off the grid, remain one step ahead of her pursuers, and find a way to save her daughter?

Meg Gardiner is acclaimed for her richly drawn characters, propulsive plotting, relentless suspense, and shocking twists. The Shadow Tracer delivers on those fronts and more.

Meg Gardiner: The Shadow Tracer. A Novel. Dutton, ISBN: 9780525953227 (June, 2013), 368 p., $25.95.