An Invisible Woman

by Anne Strieber

Kealy Ryerson has everything a New York socialite could wealth, power, a devoted husband and loving children. She was at the salon, getting her hair done, when her cell phone rang and her life changed forever. It was her husband, a high-profile defense lawyer. Run! he said. Take the children and get out of the country. Go now. Trust no one.

Within a half hour he was dead, shot down in the street as he left lunch with the district attorney.

Kealy cannot run. Her apartment is under surveillance, and she can't get her passport or any money. Her credit cards have been cancelled. She's wanted by the police. She and her teen-age kids are on their own, on the streets, with only her wits to keep them alive - her wits, and some surprising new friends. Kealy is determined to discover who has done this to her and her family.

She discovers that she has a invisible advantage--because without her fancy clothes and expensive make-up, her jewels and her hair stylist, no one recognizes her. Not the police, not her husband's partner, not her best friends. A poor woman of a certain age is someone that no one really looks at. But she can watch them. She can follow them. She can use their blindness against them, and walk invisible among the people who want her dead.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Mystery Thriller

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Before becoming a writer she was a schoolteacher. She married fellow novelist, Whitley Strieber; they have one son, Andrew.

She was the managing editor of her husband's Web site, unknowncountry.com, and was also a host of the Dreamland radio show podcast hosted there.

She was portrayed by Lindsay Crouse in the film adaptation of her husband's nonfiction work Communion.

She wrote one other book under the pseudonym Anne McLean Matthews.

Anne Strieber died on August 11, 2015.

Reviews

[Marti Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Came across this book while editing the ever-growing stack and instantly remembered loving it. As a devoted fan of Investigation Discovery and Forensic Files, one of the most enticing things I learned is how to be invisible. At my age, I completely understand. I know it to be true.

[Chana · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I read this book the theme song from 007 kept running through my mind. They run here, they run there, they do this, they do that, they survive the most unlikely situations. It could have been a dull and silly book but there is something a little quirky about the writing that kept it from being so. I enjoyed it.

[Regina · Rating 4 out of 5]

January 2014

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was action packed from beginning to end based on the concept that a woman of a certain age disappears and is treated as if they were invisible. Kealy's efforts to protect her kids after her husband is shot force her to leave behind her Manhattan lifestyle. She discovers that without her makeup, lavish hair treatments and fancy clothes and jewelry that no one recognizes her. A natural disguise!

An invisible woman

[Deanna Nickels · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a good read ... concept of "the invisible woman" is interesting, but the story line is not good.

[Wendy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Plot would have been ok except for the awful writing.