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  But nah. He’d just laugh at her. And anyway, she wanted to wait and see.

  It wouldn’t happen tonight, probably. Not if they had any sense. But the chill, furious beauty of her situation was, she didn’t have to do a thing about George except smile as usual. She had set the Crusher in motion; the Crusher would take care of him. Hazily Marietta thought of a glacier grinding its massive, icy way down a lonesome valley of betrayed dreams, then of the Juggernaut. Great wheels turning. Huge, heavy cart that had borne the idol of some Hindu god, crushing the faithful beneath its implacable tread. She wondered what deity they had been worshiping, poor fools. Wondered whether it had been the god of love.

  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.