THE CUTAWAY

A suspense novel about a news executive with a complicated past whose obsession with the disappearance of a beautiful CD attorney draws her into a web of political intrigue.

A beautiful young attorney leaves a Georgetown restaurant after an emotional exchange with her husband and is never seen alive again…

There is something about the grainy photo of this woman on the ‘MISSING’ notice that hits TV news producer Virginia Knightly’s desk, that she can’t put out of her mind.

Virginia is brilliant at what she does but the only woman of power in her working world. She feels an instant and eerie connection with the woman in the photo and thus begins a page turning search for the body….or the killer?

Her instincts turn out to be correct – the woman’s disappearance is at the heart of a bigger story and a very tangled web of political intrigue and raw ambition, power, corruption and the victimization of women.

Virginia is an unforgettable character: heroic but terrified, fiercely independent but sympathetic, clear minded yet sensual. The novel also contains not one but two very attractive men in Virginia’s orbit. Covac renders all the characters with assurance and takes the reader on a deftly plotted rollercoaster ride of suspense.

Christina Kovac’s gifts as a storyteller and the precision of her writing are rooted in the fact that she worked in television news in Washington DC for almost two decades. She worked as a producer for NBC News, providing news coverage for many of their major formats.