From the bestselling author of False Accusations

THE HUNTED

"A classic cat-and-mouse with enough twists to enthrall even the most veteran thriller reader."

                                                      -DAVID BALDACCI


How well do you really know the person you love? How far would you go to find out? If there was one person in the world Lauren Chambers was sure she could rely on, it was her beloved husband Michael. Recovering from an agoraphobic depression and prone to episodes of blinding anxiety, Lauren is a gifted psychologist for whom her husband's love and support mean everything. So when Michael suddenly and mysteriously vanishes, Lauren once again finds herself balancing on a knife's edge, haunted more than ever by an all too familiar paranoia.

Is there more to it than paranoia, though? Private investigator Nick Bradley believes so. As the pair takes off on a cross-country journey in search of answers—a search that yields a series of unsettling truths about the husband Lauren believed she knew so well—author Alan Jacobson sets into motion a page-turning tale of concealed identities, an assassin's vendetta, and murderous revenge. Once again proving his mastery of the shocking twist and the ingenious turn, Jacobson leads readers on an exhilarating road thriller built for hairpin turns and unexpected detours as Lauren heads for a face-off with the most dangerous secret of all: the truth.

From Alan Jacobson, "one of the brightest stars of the publishing world" [CNN], comes a chilling follow-up to his breakthrough bestseller False Accusations: a high velocity thriller of deadly revenge and psychological mayhem.

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FALSE ACCUSATIONS
The National Bestseller!

"A great murder mystery..."
                            -Times Record News

"This is a terrific book!"
                            -JOHN SAUL

Alan Jacobson has created the year's most gripping page turner, a suspense masterpiece powered by stunning twists. With intensely real characters and details drawn from Jacobson's first-hand medical and legal expertise, False Accusations is a tale of deadly revenge--where the assurance of "innocent until proven guilty" is not what it seems.

Dr. Phillip Madison has everything: wealth, power, and an impeccable reputation. Then, in the dark hours before dawn in a quiet suburb of Sacramento, California, the respected orthopedic surgeon is charged with double homicide--a cold blooded hit and run that has left an innocent young couple dead. Blood evidence has brought the authorities to his door. An eyewitness has placed him at the scene of the crime. And Madison has no alibi.

Freeing himself from the closing jaws of justice isn't Madison's only struggle. The arrest has shaken the tenuous faith of his wife Leeza, his friends, and his colleagues. Even his attorney, facing overwhelming odds, has his doubts--until Madison's total disclosure leads to the gravest of suspicions: that Madison is not only the prime suspect in the brutal murder; he is also the prime target of a mysterious eyewitness, a seductive woman whose past has branded her a victim as well, and who has set in motion a chilling and malicious scheme. But to unveil her motives means exposing Madison's own startling secrets.

As Madison's privileged world unravels, his last hope means crossing the precarious line between good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence--by revealing a truth at the heart of a lie. And it could cost him more than he ever imagined. For Dr. Phillip Madison, justice has become the most dangerous ideal of all.

From the opening sentence to the final verdict, False Accusations delivers a one-two punch of shock and surprise. It is a powerful psychological thriller that resonates long after the last page is turned.

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