Blood Father (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781401300456)

From the highly praised author of Hot Plastic, a gripping, suspenseful novel about a young woman being chased by her violent past, and the flawed father forced to come to the rescue.

It's been three years since Lydia Carson ran away from her privileged home in West Los Angeles. Just 17 years old, she's gotten involved with an older man who supplements his income with shady, mysterious activities. One afternoon Lydia finds herself guarding the back door of a house in Topanga Canyon during a shakedown. As murderous violence erupts, Lydia herself becomes a target. She escapes down a creek and through the hillsides to the shore--alone, destitute, and frightened. Her last option is John Link, her blood father, who has just come off a long prison sentence for violent crimes of his own.

Link jumps at the chance to rescue his daughter, but after several days he realizes that her situation is far more dangerous and complicated than he thought. Link is forced to return to his former wild lifestyle in order to protect his daughter, revisiting dangerous former allies and hideouts. In the process, a father and daughter begin to find each other--and the danger that might consume them.

Author: Peter Craig
ISBN-10: 1401300456
ISBN-13: 9781401300456
Publisher: Hachette Books
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2005
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.16w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2005 pg. 68
Ingram Advance 03/01/2005 pg. 54
Publishers Weekly 01/31/2005 pg. 48
Entertainment Weekly 03/11/2005 pg. 109
Booklist 02/15/2005 pg. 1063