Jan has had a huge blow up with her mother. She decides to run away from home and go to Florida with her boyfriend. But when she tries to get him to leave the restaurant where he works and come with her, he refuses. He has to stay with his mother. So she tries to go it alone. But at the first shopping center she comes to she witnesses a murder. A girl is pushed into the fountain by a hooded bandit. At the beach she tries to rescue someone out at sea only to be pulled under by a malicious prankster and nearly killed herself. Jan is all alone. Will she make it by herself? Or should she throw in the towel before she ends up six feet under.
Alone was originally published in German by Cora Verlag, Harper Collins Germany. It is now brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Alone, you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Vanished, Piano Player, Shipwreck, Gondola, and Nighty-Night.
