SummaryIn a suspense novel of astounding power and depth, Jodi
Compton unleashes a haunting tale of secrets and
betrayal...and of one woman's search for her missing
husband that spirals into a dark journey strewn with bitter
truths and damged lives. Here debut novelist Compton
introduces an extraordinary character: Detective Sarah
Pribek, a woman of strength, complexity, and instinct, a
woman caught in an unimaginable nightmare... The 37th Hour On a chilly Minnesota morning, Sarah comes home to the
house she shares with her husband and fellow cop, Michael
Shiloh. Shiloh was supposed to be in Virginia, starting his
training with the FBI. A seasoned missing-persons
investigator, Sarah is used to anxious calls from wives and
parents. She's used to the innocent explanations that
resolve so many of her cases. But from the moment she
learns that he never arrived at Quantico, she feels a
terrible foreboding. Now, beneath the bed in which they
make love, Sarah finds Shiloh's neatly packed bag. And in
that instant the cop in her knows: Her husband has
disappeared. Suddenly Sarah finds herself at the beginning of the kind
of investigation she has made so often. The kind that she
and her ex-partner, Genevieve, solved routinely -- until a
brutal crime stole Genevieve's daughter and ended her
career. The kind that pries open family secrets and hidden
lives. For Sarah this investigation will mean going back to
the beginning, to Shiloh's religion-steeped childhood in
Utah, the rift that separated him from his family -- and
the one horrifying case that struck them both too close to
home. As Sarah turns over more and more unknown ground in
her husband's past, she sees her lover and friend change
into a stranger before her eyes. And as she moves further
down a trail of shocking surprises and bitter revelations,
Sarah is about to discover that her worst fear -- that
Shiloh is dead -- may be less painful than what she will
learn next... In a novel of runaway tension, Jodi Compton masterfully
weaves together the quiet details of everyday life with the
moments that can shatter them forever. At once a beguiling
mystery and a powerful rumination on family, friendship,
and loss, The 37th Hour is a thriller that will catch you
off guard at every turn -- instantly compelling and utterly
impossible to put down.
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