04629cam a2200889 4500 592618170 TxAuBib 20220727120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101906538 1101906537 B011G3HIYA Amazon cc556d71-656e-4406-bb12-69a0c644dabc OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2399694 OverDrive (Product ID) 535678 535678 535678 TxAuBib Anderson, James. The Never-Open Desert Diner [e-iNC eBook] : A Novel. Crown, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2327kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1125kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. mystery thriller suspense. mysteries and thrillers. crime thriller books. literary fiction. literary mystery. Violent Crimes. thriller books. enduring truth. suspense books. crime fiction. fiction books. books fiction. truck driver. consequences. noir fiction. crime novels. generations. crime novel. love affair. crime books. literature. Thrillers. Sanctuary. collusion. powerful. suspense. fugitive. Thriller. haunting. desolate. Fiction. tragedy. trucker. novels. Desert. remote. quirky. beauty. crime. cello. Utah. love. noir. HTML:<b>A singularly compelling debut novel, about a desert where people go to escape their past, and a truck driver who finds himself at risk when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.<br /></b><br /> Ben Jones lives a quiet, hardscrabble life, working as a trucker on Route 117, a little-travelled road in a remote region of the Utah desert which serves as a haven for fugitives and others looking to hide from the world. For many of the desert’s inhabitants, Ben's visits are their only contact with the outside world, and the only landmark worth noting is a once-famous roadside diner that hasn’t opened in years.<br /> <br /> Ben’s routine is turned upside down when he stumbles across a beautiful woman named Claire playing a cello in an abandoned housing development. He can tell that she’s fleeing something in her past—a dark secret that pushed her to the end of the earth—but despite his better judgment he is inexorably drawn to her.<br /> <br /> As Ben and Claire fall in love, specters from her past begin to resurface, with serious and life-threatening consequences not only for them both, but for others who have made this desert their sanctuary. Dangerous men come looking for her, and as they turn Route 117 upside down in their search, the long-buried secrets of those who’ve laid claim to this desert come to light, bringing Ben and the other locals into deadly conflict with Claire’s pursuers. Ultimately, the answers they all seek are connected to the desert’s greatest mystery—what <i>really</i> happened all those years ago at the never-open desert diner?<br /> <br /> In this unforgettable story of love and loss, Ben learns the enduring truth that some violent crimes renew themselves across generations. At turns funny, heartbreaking and thrilling, <i>The Never-Open Desert Diner</i> powerfully evokes an unforgettable setting and introduces readers to a cast of characters who will linger long after the last page. Literature. Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-26 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cc556d71-656e-4406-bb12-69a0c644dabc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cc556d71-656e-4406-bb12-69a0c644dabc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=cc556d71-656e-4406-bb12-69a0c644dabc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)