The Passenger

The Passenger

Lisa Lutz

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“A dead-serious thriller (with a funny bone)” ( The New York Times Book Review ), from the author of the New York Times bestselling Spellman Files series, comes the story of a woman who creates and sheds new identities as she crisscrosses the country to escape her past. Forty-eight hours after leaving her husband’s body at the base of the stairs, Tanya Dubois cashes in her credit cards, dyes her hair brown, demands a new name from a shadowy voice over the phone, and flees town. It’s not the first time. She meets Blue, a female bartender who recognizes the hunted look in a fugitive’s eyes and offers her a place to stay. With dwindling choices, Tanya-now-Amelia accepts. An uneasy―and dangerous―alliance is born. It’s almost impossible to live off the grid in the twenty-first century, but Amelia-now-Debra and Blue have the courage, the ingenuity, and the desperation, to try. Hopscotching from city to city, Debra especially is chased by a very dark secret. From heart-stopping escapes and devious deceptions, we are left to wonder…can she possibly outrun her past? The Passenger ’s white-knuckled plot and unforeseeable twists make one thing for certain: the ride will leave you breathless. “When the answers finally come, they are juicy, complex, and unexpected. The satisfying conclusion will leave readers rethinking everything and immediately turning back to the first page to start again. Psychological suspense lovers will tear through this thriller” ( Library Journal , starred review).


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    When she is forced to run from her life, accept change and live with a new identity, boundaries between past and present are clear. With each new personality she has to adopt, they are blurred more and more until she can no longer run. There always will come a time to face our demons, sooner or later. Nora is no longer sure she can be herself, her real self.
    “The passenger” is an incredible thriller about the unfairness of love. So many of us try to be someone else for the benefit of others, while we should be grateful that we can be who we are. Everybody can change, but nobody can become someone else entirely...

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