FOG OF DEAD SOULS

Scarred by a brutal attack, a woman must outrun her troubled past in this debut thriller with ?fresh, compelling writing? (Kirkus Reviews).   College professor Ellie McKay?s life is shattered when she is violently raped and her surgeon boyfriend is killed in a shocking home invasion. Reeling physically and emotionally, the sixty-year-old French language teacher knows she must carve out a new existence for herself, but after fleeing to Paris, she returns home to Pittsburgh. But the vicious psychopath responsible for the assault isn?t finished with her yet.   As the bodies of her tormenter?s new victims start turning up, Ellie takes to the road once more, desperate for peace. When she meets a lonely, kindhearted rancher in New Mexico, she impulsively marries him, figuring he was her safest bet. But her future quickly becomes entangled with dark secrets he hasn?t revealed?and her heart aches for the detective who investigated her case.