Scott Freeman is a man of reason&#8211;a college professor grounded in the rational and practical. But he becomes uneasy after finding an anonymous love letter hidden in his daughter&#8217;s room: &#8220;No one could ever love you like I do. No one ever will. We will be together forever. One way or another.&#8221; But the reality of Ashley&#8217;s plight far exceeds Scott&#8217;s worst suspicions.<br><br>One drink too many had led Ashley, a beautiful, bright art student, into what she thought was just a fling with a blue-collar bad boy. But now, no amount of pleading or reasoning can discourage his phone calls, ardent e-mails, and constant, watchful gaze. <br><br>Michael O&#8217;Connell is but a malignant shadow of a man. His brash, handsome features conceal a black and empty soul. Control is his religion. Cunning and criminal skill are his stock-in-trade. Rage is his language. <br><br>The harder Ashley tries to break free, the deeper Michael burrows into every aspect of her life, so she turns in desperation to her divorced parents and her mother&#8217;s new partner&#8211;three people still locked in a coldly civilized triangle of resentment. But their fierce devotion to Ashley is the common bond that will draw them together to face down a predator. <br><br>For Ashley&#8217;s family, it is a test of primal love that will drive them to the extreme edge&#8211;and beyond&#8211;in a battle of wills that escalates into a life-or-death war to protect their own.<br><br>From the bestselling master of suspense, John Katzenbach, The <i>Wrong Man</i> is an elegantly crafted and breathtakingly intense read that asks the question, &#8220;How far would you go to save the child you love?&#8221;<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>