The Shadow Tracer by Meg Gardiner

Sarah Keller is a skip tracer.  This is a person who tracks people who have disappeared to avoid prosecution.

Sarah is also a single mother.  A school bus accident lands her daughter Zoe in the emergency room and  Sarah's life  goes downhill from there.  Fleeing the hospital with the authorities in hot pursuit after her, Sarah uses all the things she has learned in her profession to stay off the grid and keep moving.

She enlists the aid of an old friend who is a U.S. Marshal.  He helps her in every way he can by giving her a safe place to stay and helping her to rectify the situation.

This is a fast-paced thriller that is sure to keep you reading right along to the very end and if you begin reading before bedtime-don't expect to put it down to sleep!  It's that good!

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