Bodies Left Behind

Publisher Marketing: When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report? Brynn stumbles onto a scene of true horror and narrowly escapes from two professional criminals. She and a terrified visitor to the weekend house, Michelle, flee into the woods in a race for their lives. As different as night and day, and stripped of modern-day resources, Brynn, a tough deputy with a difficult past, and Michelle, a pampered city girl, must overcome their natural reluctance to trust each other and learn to use their wits and courage to survive the relentless pursuit. The deputy's disappearance spurs both her troubled son and her new husband into action, while the incident sets in motion Brynn's loyal fellow deputies and elements from Milwaukee's underside. These various forces race along inexorably toward the novel's gritty and stunning conclusion. "The Bodies Left Behind" is an epic cat-and-mouse chase, told nearly in real-time, and is filled with Deaver's patented twists and turns, where nothing is what it seems, and death lingers just around the next curve on a deserted path deep in the midnight forest. Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/15/2008 pg. 44 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2008 pg. 968 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 09/15/2008 pg. 42 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Booklist 09/15/2008 pg. 4 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Romantic Times 11/01/2008 pg. 78 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 10/31/2008 pg. 66 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 11/16/2008 pg. 26 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2009 pg. 25 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly Best Books 03/23/2009 pg. 19 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 153 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 199 (EAN 9781416595618, Hardcover) Audio File 02/01/2009 pg. 49 (EAN 9780743579926, Compact Disc) Audio File 04/01/2009 pg. 45 (EAN 9780743579940, Compact Disc) Contributor Bio:  Deaver, Jeffery A former journalist, folksinger and attorney, Jeffery Deaver has appeared on bestseller lists around the world. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages.