Abandoned: A Novel (Max Revere Novels, 5)

Product Description New York Times Bestselling Author Allison Brennan Weaves The Intimate, Unputdownable Story Of An Investigator Confronting The Most Important--And Most Dangerous--Mystery Of Her Career.Investigative Reporter Max Revere Has Cracked Many Cases, But The One Investigation SheS Never Attempted Is The Mystery From Her Own Past. Her Mother Abandoned Her When She Was Nine, Sending Her Periodic Postcards, But Never Returning To Reclaim Her Daughter. Seven Years After The Postcards Stop Coming, Martha Revere Is Declared Legally Dead, With No Sign Of What May Have Happened To Her. Until Now.With A Single ClueThat Her MotherS Car Disappeared Sixteen Years Ago In A Small Town On The Chesapeake BayMax Drops Everything To Finally Seek The Truth. As Max Investigates, And Her MotherS Story Unfolds, She Realizes That Martha Teamed Up With A Con Man. They Traveled The World Living Off MarthaS Trust And Money They Conned From Others.Though No One Claims To Know Anything About Martha Or Her Disappearance, Max Suspects More Than One Person Is Lying. When She Learns The Fbi Has An Active Investigation Into The Con Man, Max Knows SheS On The Right Path. But As Max Digs Into The Dark Secrets Of This Idyllic Community, The Only Thing She Might Find Is The Same Violent End As Her Mother. Review Boldly Drawn, Psychologically Complex Characters And A Multifaceted Plot Distinguish This Entry, Which Thoughtfully Explores The Different Forms That Family Can Take. -Publishers Weekly About The Author Allison Brennan Is The New York Times And Usa Today Bestselling Author Of Over Thirty Novels, Including The Max Revere Novels (Abandoned, Shattered) And The Lucy Kincaid Novels (Cut And Run, Nothing To Hide). She Was Nominated For Best Paperback Original Thriller By The International Thriller Writers And Is A Two-Time Winner Of The Daphne Du Maurier Award By Kiss Of Death.Married For More Than A Quarter Of A Century, Allison And Her Husband Dan Raised Five Children. They Recently Relocated From California To Arizona With Their Two Youngest Where They Are Looking Forward To BaseballS Spring Training And Exploring The Grand Canyon.