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The Passenger

by Lisa Lutz
Madeleine Maby
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"A dead-serious thriller (with a funny bone)" (The New York Times Book Review), from the author of the New York Times bestselling Spellman Files series, comes the story of a woman who creates and sheds new identities as she crisscrosses the country to escape her past.
Forty-eight hours after leaving her husband's body at the base of the stairs, Tanya Dubois cashes in her credit cards, dyes her hair brown, demands a new name from a shadowy voice over the phone, and flees town. It's not the first time.

She meets Blue, a female bartender who recognizes the hunted look in a fugitive's eyes and offers her a place to stay. With dwindling choices, Tanya-now-Amelia accepts. An uneasy―and dangerous―alliance is born.

It's almost impossible to live off the grid in the twenty-first century, but Amelia-now-Debra and Blue have the courage, the ingenuity, and the desperation, to try. Hopscotching from city to city, Debra especially is chased by a very dark secret. From heart-stopping escapes and devious deceptions, we are left to wonder...can she possibly outrun her past?

The Passenger's white-knuckled plot and unforeseeable twists make one thing for certain: the ride will leave you breathless. "When the answers finally come, they are juicy, complex, and unexpected. The satisfying conclusion will leave readers rethinking everything and immediately turning back to the first page to start again. Psychological suspense lovers will tear through this thriller" (Library Journal, starred review).

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    March 1, 2016

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781442396494
      • File size: 257148 KB
      • Duration: 08:55:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 11, 2016
      Tanya Dubois, the enigmatic heroine of this enjoyable standalone from Lutz (How to Start a Fire), is the unhappy wife of the deceased Frank Dubois, who took a fatal—and unassisted—header down the basement stairs of their Waterloo, Wis., home. Since she fears the police will think she pushed Frank, Tanya decides to get out of Waterloo as fast as possible, and she holes up in a sleazy motel, the first of many she’ll stay in, to call the mysterious Mr. Oliver, who grudgingly agrees to supply her with a new identity and some starter cash: it’s clear he’s done it before. Tanya becomes Amelia Keen in Austin, Tex., where she meets the beguiling but dangerous bartender Blue. It’s soon clear that Amelia and Blue both have unsavory pasts, and the agreement the women reach sends both of them off with new names. While the pacing falters in places and some of the final reveals lack wallop, Lutz’s complex web of finely honed characters will keep readers turning the pages. Agent: Stephanie Rostan, Levine Greenberg Literary Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Madeleine Maby's wry delivery is the perfect match for the start of this audiobook. When Tania Dubois finds her husband dead at the foot of the stairs, rather than call the police, she decides to go on the run. She's been through this before. Most of the story is in the first person, and Maby excels at characterizing the desperate Tania. The first few hours of the audiobook are exciting and unpredictable, but the plot soon gets bogged down in the practical difficulties of living under the radar. Midway through, listeners will be as desperate as Tania for some sort of resolution, and if the narration were not so engaging, many might not go the distance. However, Maby's delivery, especially at the beginning and ending, make this mystery engaging. C.A.T. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      Starred review from June 1, 2016

      Tanya Dubois, as she's initially introduced, is not the woman her husband believed her to be. He's dead--she didn't do it--but Tanya runs anyway, shedding her name and recent past yet again and taking on another identity. In another town, another bar, she meets Blue, who recognizes a kindred imposter and shelters Tanya-now-Amelia--at least for a while. The two will need to reinvent themselves once (twice, thrice...) more to escape their ghosts and the law and to stay alive. With a motley crew of abusive husbands, wealthy criminals, old boyfriends, desperate cops, and jealous brothers, men don't fare particularly well here. The body count grows, although who actually kills whom is tough to pinpoint when no one is who they claim to be. The latest from Lutz ("Spellman Files" series) is taut, serious, shocking, and undeniably addictive. Madeline Maby's excellent narration keeps the energy high, mimicking the characters' nerve-racking life on the run. VERDICT Libraries stocking up on summer reading will surely want to pick up this Passenger. ["[If] fans [of Lutz's beloved "Spellman Files" series] are open to...a darker energy and intensity, they will find her trademark independent narrator, smart writing, and rapid pace delivered here": LJ 11/15/15 starred review of the S. & S. hc.]--Terry Hong, Smithsonian BookDragon, Washington, DC

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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