No Man’s Land - David Baldacci

One man demands justice …

John Puller is the US Army’s most tenacious investigator, but there has always been one mystery which has eluded him – the disappearance of his mother, who vanished without a trace thirty years ago. When disturbing new evidence comes to light suggesting his father – a distinguished army veteran – may have murdered her, Puller sets out with his friend, intelligence operative Veronica Knox.

to discover what really happened on that fateful night.

… the other seeks revenge

Paul Rogers has spent ten years in a high-security prison for murder when he is released on parole. Harbouring a dark past and old debts that have changed him in unimaginable ways. Rogers embarks on a journey across the country, set on a path of revenge against the people who took away his humanity.

As both men uncover a trail of deception that stretches back decades, they soon realize that the truth will bind them together in ways they could never have imagined.