A Far Way to Run

by Lori Altebaumer

Overview

Twenty-seven-year-old Shayne Wright is about to find out there really is more than one way to bury a person. She'd fled this small West Texas town as a teenager with no plans to return. With a new life and a marriage proposal, she shouldn't be here now.

She'd only came for the funeral of an old friend, or had she?

An ice storm, a gunshot wound, and a handsome stranger named Ethan McGregor claiming squatter's rights on her grandparents' farm should have been enough to send her running back to the city where the ghosts of the past didn't linger on every street corner.

But when Shayne's past gets tangled up with Ethan's future, they find themselves caught in a desperate search to save the life of a mysterious woman.

The horrors of Shayne's past may be the key to saving someone else's life. But only if she can escape the memories keeping her buried in a tomb of shame and fear.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798988576495
Publisher:	Lori Altebaumer
Publication date:	09/15/2024
Series:	Turnaround, Texas , #2
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Lori Altebaumer shares the joys of Christ-centered living through her writing. An award-winning novelist and Amazon Top New Release author, she writes inspirational fiction, as well as uplifting, faith-based content for Crossmap, The Word on Wednesday, and other online devotions. She also cohosts the My Mornings with Jesus and Joe podcast with her husband.

Editorial Reviews

2022-09-01
In this Christian thriller, a woman faces her grim past while menacing figures threaten her and her hometown.

Shayne Wright returns to Turnaround, Texas, for a funeral. Something happened in this town a decade ago that caused her to flee without explanation. But this time she’s in no hurry to leave, as she’s wants to evade giving an answer to her pastor boyfriend’s proposal back in Austin. Still, there’s a bad element in Turnaround; someone shoots and wounds Shayne in the shoulder when she stops to investigate a car accident. This may be the same armed assailant who chased down Shayne’s estranged twin brother, Levi, after he saw something he wasn’t supposed to. The siblings have a lot to talk about when they reunite at their family farm, as Levi has a tie to the reason his sister left town. They may earn an ally in Ethan McGregor, a former Army sniper whom their mother hired for construction on the family home. Ethan and Shayne futilely resist their mutual attraction, while dangerous people seem convinced the twins know too much. Notwithstanding the villains’ presence, suspense in Altebaumer’s novel fluctuates. Shayne and Levi, for example, rarely seem worried about potential killers who make few attempts on their lives. Things, however, pick up in the final act. The story, too, entertains with its consistently swift pace and dynamic characters. Even the inevitable romance between Shayne and Ethan pops, as the standoffish duo spend their early scenes arguing. They lead a solid cast, from ex-addict Levi fighting to stay clean to a charming local woman, the protagonist in Altebaumer’s debut novel, A Firm Place to Stand(2020) and Shayne’s surprisingly unlikable boyfriend. An understated Christian theme runs throughout, as Shayne finds solace and inspiration in Bible passages. Similarly, the narrative lacks profanity and, despite vicious lawbreakers and a bit of gunfire, implies the violence.

A tenacious female leads a crime story that’s both gripping and romantic.

Kirkus Reviews