Two backcountry skiers find the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night police work with arc lights and chainsaws to prise her out. Identifying her doesn't take so long. Abbie Cooper is wanted for murder and her picture is on law enforcement computers all across America. But how did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving family so tragically astray?
From the number one bestselling author of THE HORSE WHISPERER, master storyteller Nicholas Evans, comes this powerful new novel, an epic thriller of the human heart. In a journey of discovery and redemption, from the streets of New York to the daunting grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, it tells the heart-rending tale of a family fractured by divorce. As both parents and children struggle in search of lost happiness, some devastating truths unravel. THE DIVIDE is the story of a great love betrayed and of the yearnings and needs, and the dashed hopes and disillusionments that connect and separate all men and women.
- ‘Pure drama and tragedy, expertly told’ DAILY MIRROR
- ‘Compellingly readable, refreshingly free of artistic pretensions’ THE TIMES
- ‘A fine and multi-faceted thriller’ DAILY MAIL
- ‘When it comes to the art of beginning a novel, Evans could give a masterclass . . . he’s put you on the edge of your seat before the story’s even begun . . . few authors are better at examining how we build up intimacy and how easily it can be lost, especially when disaster knocks at the door’ GLAMOUR
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Published 03/08/2006