Nicholas Evans is best known for his successful novel "The Horse Whisperer" which was later made into a film starring Robert Redford. "The Divide" is his fourth novel, first published in 2005. The Divide begins with the discovery of the body of a young woman buried in the ice on a remote mountain creek. The body is identified as Abbie Cooper, a young girl on the run from the FBI, wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism. After the discovery by a man and his son out skiing in the area, the devastation for Abbie's family deepens into mystery. How did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this much loved girl so ...  Read the complete review

Nicholas Evans has written many books of this style and nature with the most popular and well-known being the Horse Whisperer, but in my opinion all his others pale into insignificance next to this, his fourth novel. It is a story about how a family deals with the death of their daughter and how it actually came about, much more of a novel deep in mystery and discovery than soem of the others, which have been focused on the love between two people. The story begins by telling about how the body was found and then goes back into the past to look at how the situation cam e about. This is the point at which we are really introduced to the characters, ...  Read the complete review

Nicholas Evans is best known for his novel “The Horse Whisperer” which was made into a film starring Robert Redford and has sold 10 million copies worldwide. “The Divide” is his fourth novel. The story begins with the discovery of the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. The body is that of Abbie Cooper, who was wanted by the FBI for murder and acts of Eco-terrorism. Her story and the story of her family is told through flashbacks. We discover the events leading to her death, and how this seemingly respectable and intelligent girl was led astray from her family. The Cooper family was a family much like any other ...  Read the complete review

The Divide is the fourth novel from Nicholas Evans and tells the story of the Cooper family, torn apart by divorce and the repercussions of that in each of their lives. The major focus is Abbie - the young daughter who's body is discovered in the first chapter of the book, and how her life spiraled out of control in the years following her father walking out. Evans tells the story from the perspective of each member of the family and shows how life and emotion isn't always black and white. The actions of each character are led by complex feelings and motives and Evans portrays this spectacularly, in the same way that took 'The Horse Whisperer' to the top of ...  Read the complete review