He swore never to kill again. Then he came home to Spencerville. After twenty-five years of working in the shadowy world of espionage Keith Landry is on his way home. Driving along the highway, humming a few bars of ' Homeward Bound', the years of service he has given the US government are fast becoming a distant memory. He is safe. He is alone. & life has never felt sweeter as the signs for hometown Spencerville come into view. Keith Landry has promised himself no more violence, no more death. But a chance meeting with childhood sweetheart Annie Baxter makes it a promise he cannot keep. As passion is rekindled between them, jealousy flares. for Annie is married to a violent & sadistic bully: the man who runs Spencerville, Sheriff Baxter. & he won't tolerate any man near his wife. Especially Keith Landry. ' An intense, absorbing, suspenseful read.. . a thriller that transcends the genre WASHINGTON POST read the book during a rough flight & did not feel the bumps. You cannot ask more than that the mortality of the characters keeps your mind off your own mortality' IRISH INDEPENDENT.