The Witness / Nora Roberts / 488 pages

"Elizabeth Fitch's seeds of rebellion had perhaps always been there, but they were awakened by the fat and salt when she walked into McDonald's at 16 and ordered her first Big Mac with large fries and a chocolate shake."  She had always followed her mother's directives and was currently enrolled in Harvard pursuing a medical degree, following in her mother's footsteps.  When her mother cancels her free summer time and enrolls her in a friend's class, Elizabeth rebels.  Her rebellion leads to a shopping spree, fake identities, a night club, and murder.  Because of the murder, Elizabeth is placed in a safe house awaiting her testimony.  The house is breached and Elizabeth is on the run for 12 years.  When she settles in a small Ozark town as Abigail Lowery, her life is changed forever by police chief Brooks Gleason.  This is an excellent, cant-put-it-down read!!