"Places In The Dark"
It is autumn 1937 when a
mystery woman appears in Port Alma, a sea village nestled on the chilly
coast of Maine. A fragile, green-eyed beauty, the woman arrives with
little more than the clothes on her back and a wealth of unspoken
secrets.
Before a year goes by, she will flee Port Alma on the same bus that brought her there. But before she goes, she will irrevocably alter the lives of two brothers — leaving one dead, and the other perched on the edge of madness.
There is much that Dora March has hidden.
But in Port Alma, Maine, there are other secrets, too....
"Peril"
Sara Labriola is a married woman haunted by the shattering secrets of her past—and terrified of the future. Tired of living in fear—and knowing that if she stays in her marriage she’ll be killed—Sara decides to do the only thing she can: she makes herself disappear.
Before a year goes by, she will flee Port Alma on the same bus that brought her there. But before she goes, she will irrevocably alter the lives of two brothers — leaving one dead, and the other perched on the edge of madness.
There is much that Dora March has hidden.
But in Port Alma, Maine, there are other secrets, too....
"Peril"
Sara Labriola is a married woman haunted by the shattering secrets of her past—and terrified of the future. Tired of living in fear—and knowing that if she stays in her marriage she’ll be killed—Sara decides to do the only thing she can: she makes herself disappear.
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One afternoon, without telling a soul, she packs a single suitcase and leaves her life in Long Island behind. In New York City, she will reinvent herself. She will change her identity, and maybe even get the happy ending she’s always dreamed of. But that dream is about to become a nightmare when her father-in-law decides to make her pay for abandoning his son.
Leo Labriola runs his modest but lucrative criminal organization like he does his family—with unspeakable brutality and zero tolerance for disobedience. He’s determined to teach Sara a lesson and he’ll stop at nothing to do it. Now six differently desperate and dangerous men—each with the power to destroy her—are on Sara’s trail.
But none of them suspect that the woman they are seeking has a dangerous secret of her own. For Sara is leading all of them down a path of private demons, past sins, and the deadliest peril.
Thomas H. Cook is the author of more than 30 critically-acclaimed fiction and non-fiction books. Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, Cook published his first novel, "Blood Innocents", in 1980 while serving as the book review editor of Atlanta magazine.
Two years later, on the release of his second novel, "The Orchids", he turned to writing full-time. Cook published steadily through the 1980s, penning such works as the Frank Clemons trilogy, a series of mysteries starring a jaded cop.
Two years later, on the release of his second novel, "The Orchids", he turned to writing full-time. Cook published steadily through the 1980s, penning such works as the Frank Clemons trilogy, a series of mysteries starring a jaded cop.
He found breakout success with "The Chatham School Affair" (1996), which won an Edgar Award for best novel.
He splits his time between Cape Cod and New York City.
