South of Nowhere
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling master of suspense returns to his beloved series, adapted for TV (CBS's Tracker, starring Justin Hartley) as reward seeker Colter Shaw races against the clock to save a flooding town from a full-fledged disaster, where the culprit lurks in the plain sight.
When a levee collapses in Hinowah, a small town in Northern California, Colter Shaw is brought on by his sister, Dorion, a disaster response specialist, to help locate a family swept away by the raging water, with mere hours to survive.
But after a surprise attack along the river obstructs Colter's urgent search, the siblings are forced to consider a new reality: Is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes, or is someone sabotaging it? Colter and Dorion must race against a ticking clock to uncover the truth and save the citizens before the village washes out completely, destroying everything and everyone in its path.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A brother and sister join forces to save a town on the brink of disaster in this fast-paced thriller. When a levee breaks, sweeping a family in a minivan into the raging river and leaving the small town of Hinowah, California, in danger of a catastrophic flood, disaster specialist Dorion Shaw knows just who to call on to find the missing family: her tracker brother, Colter. But when Colter discovers explosive residue in the levee’s mud, he becomes convinced that this was no natural disaster…someone wants this town wiped off the map. Author Jeffery Deaver is a master of race-against-the-clock action, and his resourceful and enigmatic hero Colter (who is also the hero in the TV series Tracker) is always a blast to follow. We were captivated by the ways Colter and Dorion cleverly use the skills learned from their upbringing in a survivalist compound to save the day. South of Nowhere is a ripping story that’ll have you racing to the end.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Expert tracker Colter Shaw, who collects rewards for finding fugitives and missing persons, pursues a suspicious new case while probing his family's past in this riveting fifth series entry from Deaver (after Hunting Time). At the outset, Colter learns that a woman named Margaret has called a mutual acquaintance seeking information about his family. The puzzle deepens when Colter finds a letter from his late father referencing a daughter Colter has never heard of. Then Colter's younger sister, Dorion, asks him for help. Dorion is a natural disaster expert who's been called into Hinowah, Calif., after the collapse of a levee washes away four people in an SUV and threatens to flood the entire town. She hopes Colter can find the missing people in time to save their lives. After he arrives in Hinowah, Colter detects explosive residue near the site of the initial breach, adding the hunt for a criminal to his daunting, time-sensitive rescue mission. Deaver's pacing is characteristically top-notch, and he ratchets up the suspense with Colter's unresolved questions about his potentially long-lost half sister. This series has plenty of gas in the tank.
