num_pages: 273
description: Chicago in the dead of winter can be brutal especially when youre scouring the frigid streets for a missing girl. Fifteen-year-old Ramona Titus has run away from her foster home. Her biological mother Leesa Evans is a recovering addict who admits she failed Ramona often in the past. But now shes clean. And shes determined to make up for her mistakesif Cass can only help her find her daughter. Cass visits Ramonas foster mother Deloris Poole who is also desperate to bring the girl home. Ramona came to Deloris six months ago angry and distrustful but was slowly opening up. The police are on the search but Cass has sources closer to the streets and a network of savvy allies. Yet it seems Ramona doesnt want to be found. And Cass soon begins to understand why. Ramona is holding secrets dark enough to kill for and anyone who helps her may be fair game. And if Ramona cant run fast enough and hide well enough to keep the truth safe she and Cass may both be out of time.
language: English
title: Runner
publisher: Kensington Books