{"product_id":"come-home-paperback","title":"Come Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Scottoline\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Scottoline has delivered taut thrillers with a powerful emotional wallop in her \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eSave Me, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThink Twice, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLook Again\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, with her new novel, \u003ci\u003eCome Home, \u003c\/i\u003e she ratchets up the suspense with the riveting story of a mother who sacrifices her future for a child from her past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her and her daughter's lives back on track after a divorce. She is about to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her---though it is stressful---and her daughter, Megan, is a happily over-scheduled thirteen-year-old juggling homework and the swim team. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Jill's life is turned upside down when her ex-stepdaughter, Abby, shows up on her doorstep late one night and delivers shocking news: Jill's ex-husband is dead. Abby insists that he was murdered and pleads with Jill to help find his killer. Jill reluctantly agrees to make a few inquiries and discovers that things don't add up. As she digs deeper, her actions threaten to rip apart her new family, destroy their hard-earned happiness, and even endanger her own life. Yet Jill can't turn her back on a child she loves and once called her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCome Home \u003c\/i\u003ereads with the breakneck pacing of a thriller while also exploring the definition of motherhood, asking the questions: Do you ever stop being a mother? Can you ever have an ex-child? What are the limits to love of family?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Scottoline is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Edgar Award--winning author of eighteen novels. She has served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and her recent novel \u003ci\u003eLook Again\u003c\/i\u003e has been optioned for a feature film. She is a weekly columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e and her columns have been collected in two books and optioned for television. She has 25 million copies of her books in print in the United States, and she has been published in thirty countries. She lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124725190791,"sku":"9781250023292","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/470953e3b7541360c8cbdd1011fc4d06.webp?v=1732572348","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/come-home-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}