βA twisting, heart-wrenching journey into a marriage, a gripping thriller . . . Reardon grabs his readers on page one, then deftly ratchets up the suspense until the breathless ending.ββLisa Unger,Β New York TimesΒ bestselling author
Julia Swann, mother of two young boys, is on the phone with her husband, Michael, when the call abruptly cuts out. It isnβt until later in the evening when she discovers that something terrible has happened at Penn Station, where Michael was waiting for a train home. Β
Julia races to New York City to look for Michael, her panicked searching interwoven with memories of meeting and falling in love with the husband sheβs now desperate to find. When someone finds a flyer sheβs posted and tells her they may have seen her husband, her prayers seem to be answered. Yet as she tries to find him, her calls go unanswered. Did Michael survive? If so, why hasnβt he contacted her? Was heβor is he stillβthe man she fell in love with? Β
Part family drama, part tragic love story,Β The Real Michael SwannΒ is a deftly plotted suspense novel with an unflinching portrait of a marriage at its heart, challenging us to confront the unthinkableβboth in our country and in our own homes.
βReardon masterfully delivers an intimate, heartbreaking portrayal of a family whose love, trust, and loyalty for each other is put to the ultimate test.ββRhiannon Navin, author ofΒ Only Child