
MysteryHistorical
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In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow—and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness—and into the wilds of her own mind—encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics…
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Editions
17 editions- Ebook · English · 2008HarperCollins · 9780061645013
- Paperback · English · 2007Harper-perennial · 388 pages · 9781770892590
- Other · English · 2020House of Anansi Press · 9781487007300
- Other · English · 2012OutlanderHouse of Anansi Press · 9781770892668
- Other · English · 2011OutlanderHouse of Anansi Press · 312 pages · 9781283261760
- Other · English · 2010OutlanderBloomsbury Publishing Plc · 400 pages · 9781408810217
MysteryFrontier and pioneer lifeWomen murderersFictionWidowsHistoryAuthors, Canadian (English)Fiction, action & adventure