Throughout his childhood, Mike OâConnorâs family pretended to be normal. But Mike and his two younger sisters knew that their parents were hiding somethingâa secret they didnât dare talk about. The family appeared to be no different from any of their small-town Texas neighborsâthat is, until suddenly, the OâConnorâs would flee, leaving with only a few hoursâ notice, abandoning houses and pets and possessions and running across the border to Mexico.
For all of Mikeâs adolescence, OâConnor family life alternated between relative comfort and abject povertyâsometimes within a matter of days. From living in a Texas ranch house to living in two rented rooms in an impoverished Mexican village, the OâConnors never knew what lay aheadâonly that they must not draw attention to themselves. Though their parents steadfastly denied it, the children knew that something was chasing themâa past that hovered like an invisible enemy, always waiting to strike, always in pursuit.
But it was not until much later, after his parentsâ deaths, that Mike OâConnor, now an investigative reporter, was able to uncover the truth about his familyâs past. As the secrets were unlocked one by one and the long trail of deception unfurled, Mike faced the heart-wrenching ramifications of his parentsâ actionsâand made a discovery that shook his family loyalty to its core.
Full of incredible details of a life lived on both sides of the border, in near-poverty and near-wealth, Mike OâConnorâs account is a real-life suspense story of childhood mysteries and strange circumstances that will enthrall readers to its very end.