{"product_id":"vengeance-follows-scott-lax-9781938441417","title":"Vengeance Follows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Mesmerizing and masterful . . . Aching suspense . . . Gets inside the head of a lethal sociopath while maintaining a loving evocation of a quiet Ohio town with a Richard-Russo-like respect for the human soul.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times #1 bestselling coauthor of \u003cem\u003eFlags of Our Fathers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA young man loses the true love of his life and seeks vengeance from the man he holds responsible for his wife's death.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTold with elegant simplicity, this novel of literary suspense is a tragic story of love and loss that ultimately reveals the cruelty of human nature and the healing power of forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSam and Sophie's idyllic life of Parisian cafés, fine wine, and romantic passion is torn apart when Sophie is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Then Sophie reveals something that happened years before they met--a horrific event that changed her life and left her wounded in ways no one knew. She's found peace in the years since, she swears to Sam. But then she's gone, and Sam finds only pain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBereft and alone, he leaves the City of Light and seeks solace in a small French village where no one knows him or his past. Troubled in heart and mind, he knows one man is responsible for Sophie's death. Sam cannot live without confronting him and holding him accountable for his past crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd so Sam travels to America, to a charming little Ohio town where lights twinkle on the snow in winter and fairs shimmer in the summer heat. Here, Sam will seek his revenge--and find retribution for his lost love in a way he could never imagine . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore praise for \"Vengeance Follows\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lyrical and stark by turns, Vengeance Follows is as spare as a Hemingway story and as creepy as one by Poe.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --Mary Doria Russell, 2005 Pulitzer Prize nominee and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sparrow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lean, compelling, and impossible to put down. I plowed through Scott Lax's Vengeance Follows and\u003c\/strong\u003e enjoyed every minute of a book written by an author at the top of his game.\" --Josh Karp, author of \u003cem\u003eA Futile and Stupid Gesture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStraight Down the Middle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Beautifully written and memorable . . . A story of poignant love, brutal loss, and triumph renewal, a testament to the human spirit against all odds.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --Phillip Gardner, author of \u003cem\u003eSomeone To Crawl Back To\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Lax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938441419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938441417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gray \u0026amp; Company Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.00d","brand":"Scott Lax","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519664632063,"sku":"9781938441417","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9762fd27-9f62-427a-b0bb-c8f41d8da9d9.jpg?v=1778738095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vengeance-follows-scott-lax-9781938441417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}