Freefall

A propulsive debut novel about survival at all costs and the unbreakable bond between mother and daughter.

“The shady conspiracies of John Grisham with the frank feminism of two rounded female protagonists.”—Entertainment Weekly

They say your daughter is dead.

You know they’re wrong.

A private plane crashes in the Colorado Rockies. There are no survivors.

In the small community of Owl’s Creek, Maine, Maggie Carpenter learns that her daughter was on the plane and is presumed dead. She hasn’t spoken with Allison in two years and knows nothing about her life. Not that she was engaged to a wealthy man. Not that she had left her job and cut herself off from friends. Not what she was doing on that plane. Now, driven by the belief that her daughter is still alive, she must work quickly to piece together the truth—but what she uncovers has the power to destroy them both.

Halfway across the country, Allison Carpenter crawls from the wreckage, the sole survivor of the crash. But the fight for her life has only just begun. Lost in a harsh, unforgiving landscape, and dogged by a shadowy cabal of powerful men determined to see her dead, Allison must summon up every bit of strength she can find in order to survive—and find her way back home.

Told from the perspectives of a mother and daughter separated by distance but united by an unbreakable bond, Freefall is a riveting debut thriller about two tenacious women overcoming unimaginable obstacles to protect themselves and those they love.