Evans follows the Coopers' high-end careers and estrangement from their domestic lives in meticulous, mind-numbing detail their separation propels the already idealistic Abbie into the arms of Rolf, a shadowy eco-terrorist. After a promising beginning that introduces a colorful cast of Montana locals, Evans breaks off and flashes back to Abbie's upbringing in suburban New York, and centers the book on Abbie's now-divorced parents, Ben and Sarah. A pretty, upper-middle-class girl is discovered frozen in Montana ice and is soon identified as Abbie Cooper, wanted for murder by the FBI. This fourth novel lacks the power and intensity of Evans's third, The Horse Whisperer (1995), and it's not nearly as carefully written.
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