The Outlander

In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow—and her husband's killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness—and into the wilds of her own mind—encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.

Gil Adamson's debut novel was an absorbing read. It was unique in that we did not learn the widow's name until almost 100 pages in and that she is the one on the run for her life.

Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday, this week's letter is "O".