The Real Dad: A Novel of Suspense

MEN WHO TURN OUT TO BE "TWO PEOPLE" SHOW UP IN THE NEWS ALL THE TIME. BUT MEN LIKE NATHAN BRANNIGAN? NO.

Lulie Brannigan, songwriter, activist, mother of two, has been married six years to her soulmate, the absolute stepdad of her dreams.

In December of 1975, police come to their upper flat, arrest her beloved husband and won't say why. They take him out.

Sergeant Ayotte, a biased, power-happy cop, forces Lulie and even the children to come along with him in a second squad. At Evanston Hospital's Emergency Room, he lines them up against the wall, and they are made to see Nate Brannigan identified for rape. Lulie is so shocked her knees give out.

She must turn her back on her husband, get over him quick, and help their boys, 11 and 5, to "take it in."

Within nine days, Nate's bailed out and thinks he can come home. He keys himself in and refuses to leave, so Lulie and kids have to go. She wants him back in jail
for the sake of all women, but police won't listen. She's astonished to learn that identified rapists are bailed out all the time.

Nate's case is repeatedly Continued; it's said that the prisons are full.

They run, they move, they even hide, but the three can't shake him. Nate acts strange and Nate gets mean. He will stop at nothing to get his family back.

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