Unspeakable (Paperback)

From the Publisher: A deaf widow with a young son is unaware that she is at the center of the vengeful plan of an escaped convinct. A drifter who arrives at her ranch looking for work is the one who will protect her from the killer's rage. "The suspense is keep-the-lights-on riveting."--"Dallas Morning News."Carl Herbold is a cold-blooded psychopath who has just escaped the penitentiary where he was serving a life sentence. Bent on revenge, he's going back to where he began--Blewer County, Texas...|Born deaf, lately widowed, Anna Corbett fights to keep the ranch that is her son's birthright, unaware that she is at the center of Herbold's horrific scheme--and that her world of self-imposed isolation is about to explode...|Drifter Jack Sawyer arrives at Anna's ranch asking for work, hoping to protect the innocent woman and her son from Herbold's rage. But Sawyer can't outrun the secrets that stalk him--or the day of reckoning awaiting them all...Three seemingly unrelated events--a convicted killer escapes from prison, an unsolved murder case is reopened, and a stranger arrives on an East Texas cattle ranch--are all linked to the enigmatic stranger who may hold the key to unlock a powerful mystery. Reissue.