The Stranger Beside You by William Casey Moreton

This book is a very well written Thriller.  It starts off with a lot of commotion happening.  Brynn and Tom Nelson are the most average high-class citizens.  Those ones that never have any problems, and have the perfect relationship, family, and jobs.  There seems to never be any conflict.  Brynn is woken up at two o'clock in the morning, to banging on the front door.  She wakes Tom, and asks him to go see who it is.  When he's about to open the door he hears a man say,"FBI, open up."  He immediately just went into shock.  Which obviously showed that something was up, and he knew it.  Their two little boys woke up, and the house was in a panic.  Tom was being charged for murder.  He was immediatlely taken, and Brynn was left with the children, and a swarm of FBI agents taking almost everything they owned into evidence.  This whole book is Brynn's point of view, and how confused she is because no one will tell her anything.  It turned out that Tom was framed for a murder because his best friend Clive took money from a loan shark (kind of).  He was having money problems and being a high-class man didn't want to look bad or dissapoint his family.  Since he couldn't pay back, this head boss was coming for them.  Tom escaped and faked his death by "getting hit by a train".  The entire book Brynn thinks Tom is dead, when really he is alive, and trying to find the head boss to kill him.  Her kids were taken to a safe house, but the boss found them and kidnapped them.  So her whole life, and everything she loved could be gone in the snap of a finger, but she couldn't do anything because she had absolutely no idea what was going on.  It's a really great book if you're looking for something that is realistic, and has a ton of action, and suspense.  I recommend this book to anyone who's looking for an easy read, but something that has a complex, action packed story line.  Also, anyone who likes realistic thrillers.  -Kaitlyn Hill