Stay (Vintage Crime/Black Lizaed)
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ISBN: 0385503008 / Publisher: Nan A. Talese, April 2002
Drawn out of seclusion to help an old friend find his missing fiancâee, ex-cop Aud Torvingen finds the woman in the clutches of a disturbed sociopath, which ignites a rage that invigorates, terrifies, and tortures her.
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Stay opens with Aud, normally the epitome of cool-under-fire contained competence, disintegrating with grief and guilt over the violent death of her lover. These emotions are new to her, and she has moved deep into the North Carolina woods, away from people, afraid of what she might do if pushed. Into her refuge comes her oldest friend asking an impossible favor: to track down his missing fiancee, a woman Aud despises. The police won't take his concern seriously, and Aud - an ex-cop whose sense of right and wrong has little respect for the law - is the only person he can turn to for help. But to follow the woman's trail to New York City, she must leave the shelter of her trees and confront a series of physical, moral, and emotional challenges that she has been dodging for weeks, months, and years. None of her choices are easy.
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