Susan Philpott
Simon & Schuster Canada
IN HER follow-up to the acclaimed thriller Blown Red, author Susan Philpott keeps the tension high for her protagonist, Signy Shepherd, a worker with a modern-day Underground Railroad called the Line, which helps women in trouble find safety. After agreeing to assist a woman fleeing an abusive relationship, Signy heads out of the city with the woman and her young son in tow. As a snowstorm descends, it begins to appear as though the woman is not what she claimed to be. $19.99 paper 978-1-47676-531-0, 448 pp., Jan.