The Intruders

The Intruders by Michael Marshall The bestselling author
of The Straw Men makes his American hardcover debut with a
searing atmospheric tale that ratchets up the suspense
page by page until its shocking end For Jack Whalen it all
starts with a visit from a childhood friend now a lawyer
who asks for his help on an odd case. The family members
of a scientist have been brutally murdered and the
scientist—who may have had something to hide—is nowhere to
be found. But Jack has more pressing matters on his mind.
His wife has told him that shes on a routine business trip
to Seattle yet she hasnt checked into her hotel. Calls to
her cell phone go unanswered and when Jack travels to
Seattle to investigate shes vanished. And in Oregon a
little girl goes missing. Shes found miles away but it
soon becomes clear that shes not an innocent victim and is
far from defenseless.Unusual events all leading to the
same place. As a former patrol cop who left the force
under difficult circumstances Jack is determined to find
some answers. Yet the more he digs the more the intrigue
grows. Searching into the dark secrets of a past that
still haunts him Jack discovers that the truth has roots
deeper and more evil than he ever feared.