Synopses & Reviews
From the author of the New York Times Notable Book Easy Money, a riveting suspense novel about a headstrong repo woman in Montana.On Missoula's coldest day of the year, the police pull Clay Bennett's corpse from the weeds. For the cops, his death is an open-and-shut case, the result of a drunken brawl gone out of control. For repo woman Meg Gardner, who'd been looking to snag Bennett's Jeep, his death is an opportunity: without him around to make life difficult, the job should be a breeze. But rumors about a mysterious missing military plane --and about her own father's other family --leave Meg feeling decidedly uneasy about the cops' casual assumptions.
Only one year out of prison, romantically involved, and working the first legitimate job she's ever had, Meg has a lot to lose. So when Bennett's Jeep is stolen from outside her house, instinct and experience demand she walk away. Driven by haunting suspicions and ghosts from her past, however, Meg plunges full speed ahead -- and finds herself implicated in a dangerous web of infidelity, greed, and murder.
With searing prose and nonstop action, Jenny Siler's second novel confirms her status as a brilliant new suspense writer.
Review
"A sharp-edged tale...[this] thriller scores."--
People"This is poetry with attitude."--The New York Times Book Review
Synopsis
Meg Gardner has one of the choice job in Missoula, Montana, open to ex-cons. She's a repo lady, snagging cars back from deadbeat owners. Although dogged by bad memories and a glass half-empty attitude, Meg believe she can get her life together. A new boyfriend and a cozy cottage are helping her to do it--until she picks up a Jeep Cherokee belonging to a murdered man...
On the Jeep's backseat is a mysterious briefcase that is the catalyst for setting off a chain of events: A small-time Russian thief steals the briefcase. Then a knife wielding, tattooed lady comes looking for it. A scared Native American girl is in jail because of it. And lastly, a brutally delivered message tells Meg to find the damned case or her boyfriend dies. Suddenly her rosy-colored future is shattering like an ice statue hit by a sledgehammer. Desperate to protect what little she has, and driven by ghosts from her own past, Meg plunges ahead--and finds herself involved in a dangerous web of infidelity, greed, and murder...
About the Author
The critically acclaimed author of
Easy Money,
Jenny Siler has worked as a forklift driver, furniture mover, sketch model, and barter. She lives in Missoula, Montana.