The Divide

"Evans demonstrates the same intricacy of plot and depth of characterization that defined his international best-seller The Horse Whisperer ...[a] heartrending story of a family in crisis."— Booklist For many anguished months Ben and Sarah Cooper's daughter has been on the run from the FBI, wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism. But when Abbie's body is found embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek, the family's devastation deepens into mystery. How did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving family so tragically astray? In a journey of discovery and redemption that takes us from the streets of New York to the daunting grandeur of the West, The Divide tells the story of a family fractured by betrayal. It explores the pain we inflict on those we love the most and charts the passions and needs, the dashed hopes and disillusionments, that connect and divide all men and women. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HORSE WHISPERER ... returns with an epic new novel of the human heart. On a Montana morning, two skiers find the body of a woman embedded in the ice of a mountain creek. She's identified as Abbie Cooper, a brilliant college student who was on the run from charges of murder. But what was the chain of events that led this golden child astray? The answers are in the secrets of an American family fractured by lies and reunited in a tragedy Two backcountry skiers find the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. Identifying her takes no time at all - Abbie Cooper is wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism, and her picture is on law enforcement computers all across America. But how did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this golden child of a loving family so tragically astray? More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA