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because you thought it might damage your zinnias—that might have been me. The homeless guy’s pooch, the one that crawled inside the cardboard box on the sidewalk when it started to rain—that might have been me. The stray rooting in the dumpster behind the convenience store, its fur matted with burrs, the one you thought somebody ought to take to the SPCA—that might have been me. Hey, were you the one who gave me a whole Taco Bell burrito yesterday? A hamburger would have been better, but still, thank you. And listen—you humans, I know your sense of smell is duller than a cobblestone, but—did you by any chance catch the scent of an angel?

Edgar Award-winning author Nancy Springer,
    well known for her science fiction, fantasy, and young adult novels,
    has written a gripping psychological thriller—smart, chilling, and unrelenting…
DARK LIE
    available in paperback and e-book in November 2012
    from New American Library
    Dorrie and Sam White are not the ordinary Midwestern couple they seem. For plain, hard-working Sam hides a deep passion for his wife. And Dorrie is secretly following the sixteen-year-old daughter, Juliet, she gave up for adoption long ago. Then one day at the mall, Dorrie watches horror-stricken as Juliet is forced into a van that drives away. Instinctively, Dorrie sends her own car speeding after it—an act of reckless courage that puts her on a collision course with a depraved killer…and draws Sam into a desperate search to save his wife. And as mother and daughter unite in a terrifying struggle to survive, Dorrie must confront her own dark, tormented past.
    “A darkly riveting read…compelling.”
    —Wendy Corsi Staub, national bestselling author of Nightwatcher and Sleepwalker
    “A fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will have you reading late into the night and cheering for the novel's unlikely but steadfast heroine.”
    —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times best-selling author of The Weight of Silence and These Things Hidden
    Learn more about all of Nancy’s titles at her website, www.nancyspringer.com.