{"id":9527,"date":"2022-02-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9527"},"modified":"2022-02-27T08:14:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T13:14:21","slug":"the-runaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9527","title":{"rendered":"The Runaway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fans of award-winning author Nick Petrie\u2019s high-octane action adventures won\u2019t be disappointed in his latest, seventh in the series. The Runaway<\/em> again features knight-errant Peter Ash, a U.S. Marine no longer serving in the military, who, over the course of these thrillers is gradually learning to manage a debilitating case of PTSD. At the same time, Petrie\u2019s writing shows ever-increasing skill and confidence with no sign of flagging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sparsely populated countryside of several Great Plains states\u2014Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska\u2014features heavily in this story. The area has its beauties, but it\u2019s remote. A stranger sticks out. Mostly, there\u2019s not much help around if and when you need it. And he will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving across Nebraska, using one of the back roads he prefers, Ash encounters a small white car parked by the side of the road. Out of gas? Mechanical problem? It\u2019s in Ash\u2019s nature to stop and help\u2014part of his atonement for Iraq and Afghanistan\u2014but it seems no one is around. Then a heavily pregnant woman emerges from behind a cottonwood tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helene is terrified and trying to escape her husband, but the car she\u2019s appropriated broke down. Husband Roy is a high-end thief, robbing empty vacation homes. He used to be a Minneapolis police officer and has cultivated connections with cops across multiple states, which makes going to the police a risky option. Yet he’s said he’ll help her, and he’s determined to do it. Though a controlling spouse is a familiar plot idea, Petrie\u2019s skill in developing Helene\u2019s character keeps you caring about her fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy\u2019s hunt for Peter, Peter\u2019s hunt for Helene, and his strategies to keep them both alive make for a page-turning, stay-up-late adventure. The story\u2019s not just about the difficulty of escaping a wily and determined spouse. It\u2019s about the internal resources you need to actually go through with it. Helene is very young. Can she do what needs to be done? For his part, Peter is not only clever about resolving difficult situations, he displays a strong streak of humanity, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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