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This woman wanted, (A Red badge novel of suspense)

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This is a trip down memory lane for me. Last weekend I was at my public library to work with a student. Roaming the books waiting, I ran across Rae Foley. I used to read Rae Foley when I was in high school and couldn't resist checking out some of her books.

This Woman Wanted is a tightly written suspense book about a woman hiding out from the police. Somehow she has allowed her husband of less than a year talk her in to withholding information about a crime committed by his best friend. Helen Gates is not cut out for running from the law. She wants a home and her husband. Even worse is the fact she is suspected in the murder of her husband. What Helen knows and the police doesn't is her husband has appeared to disappeared after a violent argument with her, but it isn't murder. He has also gone underground hiding. The only thing that keeps her going is the fact she gets an occasional glimpse of her husband every few months.

Helen begins to notice a man following her. Is he a friend or foe? Suddenly everyone is not who they appear to be. Things begin to happen and Helen seriously begins to doubt that she can survive by herself in her nomadic existence.

I wish I could say I was as intrigued and fascinated by Rae Foley's writing as much as I was twenty-five years ago, but I can't. This story was published in 1971 and as you can imagine, it is somewhat dated. For example, it talks about using a typewriter. I can't imagine life without a computer. Another example is marijuana bust that seems tame compared to today's standards. While the story is well written and suspenseful, I kept feeling I was in a time warp. I guess going down memory lanes proves things don't always get better with age.