Ellen Donnelly leaves her husband, Pete, perhaps after a domestic argument. She calls and tells him she's with her sister. When Pete returns the call, to apologize, Ellen's sister has no idea where Ellen is.

Ellen is looking for Franklin Walker, who had been paroled after serving thirth-years for the murder of Ellen's father.

In this plot-driven novel, we learn of Ellen's plan for revenge and Pete's actions in trying to locate his wife.

Things go wrong for Ellen and the story takes a dramatic turn as her life becomes endangered. During this time, Pete learns some of the details around her father's murder.

Drama mounts as we try to learn who was the man who pulled the trigger and what was the true reason for murdering Ellen's father.

Ellen's motivation becomes clearer when we learn that she was hiding in the room when her father was killed. As a five-year-old, she was hiding under a desk. The development of Franklin Walker is also a well done portion of the book. He goes from being a parolee to a man with compassion and the desire to do the right thing. ( )