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Rose Daniels saw the single drop of blood on the bed sheet - and knew she must escape from her macabre marriage before it was too late.

But escape was not as easy as fleeing to a new city, picking a new name, finding a new job, lucking out with a new man. Her husband, Norman, was a cop, with a cop's training, a cop's knowledge of technology, a cop's bloodhound instincts. And even worse, Norman was - well, Norman. Rose knew she had been married to a savage brute. Now she realized she was being tracked down by a terrifying monster - but the only place she found to hide could be the most dangerous of all...

'Vivid, startling... a compelling page-turner.'
Houston Chronicle

'A corker, tense and frightening throughout... Rose is the most richly portrayed female King's ever created.'
Detroit Free Press

'A boiling hot shocker.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer

'Rousing... vivid and sensitive.'
New York Times