Knockout Hardback - 2009

by Catherine Coulter

FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlockare back in this electrifying thriller from the#1 New York Times-bestselling author. Seven-year-old Autumn Backman has a gift: She cancommunicate telepathically with others. Not everyone,mind you, but with a select few with whom she sharesa special kinship. When Autumn and her mother, Joanna, takeher father's ashes to be buried in the family plot in BrickersBowl, Georgia, the child witnesses a horrifying sight: her grandmotherand two uncles, burying a pile of dead bodies in the middleof the night. They head to Titusville, Virginia, to seek thehelp of an old family friend, but Autumn senses they need assistanceon a grand scale. Using her telepathic powers, Autumncalls a man she'd seen only on television: FBI agent Dillon Savich.But before Savich and his wife and partner, Agent LaceySherlock, can get on the scene, Autumn and Joanna flee, fearingthe retribution of her uncle Blessed. A huge manhunt ensues,with Titusville Sheriff Ethan Merriweather racing to reach thegirl before Blessed can get his hands on her. Blessed's got bigthings planned for Autumn and her gift, and he'll stop at nothingto force her into his growing army of exploited children.Savich, Sherlock, and Merriweather face their most elusive foesto keep Autumn out of harm's way-before it's too late.