D.N.A. by Celine Beaudoin

iUniverse. Paperback. New. Paperback. 136 pages. Dimensions: 9.0in. x 6.0in. x 0.3in.Seventeen-year-old Christa Makins has been preparing for this day for a long time. As her alcoholic mother raises a hand to hit her yet again, Christa runs away and doesnt look back. A resourceful young woman, she assumes a unique new persona in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Neither her classmates at Lakehead College nor her employer at the Voo-Doo Lounge suspect her true identity. She plans to keep it that way. But someone is looking for her. A maternal aunt, who is unknown to Christa, has been alerted to her disappearance. Rebecca Reese, a successful Chicago businesswoman, hires a private investigator who searches Echo Bay and Sault Ste. Marie seeking for clues to Christas whereabouts. He interrogates the few people who knew the girl, only to discover a series of dead-ends. Although its a struggle to maintain a low profile and make a better life for herself, Christa knows its her only opportunity to escape from her abusive parents. But her freedom may be short-lived when a dead body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse that Christa frequents. Her D. N. A. is the compass that keeps the police on her trail. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN.