A Matter of Chance: A Novel

* Every 40 seconds in the United States, a child goes missing or is abducted. About 74 per cent of the victims of non-family child abductors are girls. (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

* 70 percent of mothers with children under 18 participate in the labor force, with over 75 percent employed full-time. (US Dept. of Labor)

* Art heals. More than 40 percent of health care facilities have arts programs. (Arts & Health Alliance)

* Contemporary Fiction includes thriller and psychological suspense. These genres dominate the NY Times bestseller top ten hardcover print and e-book sales.

AUDIENCE:

* Women who work and rear children at the same time: ages 25-50

* Book Groups looking for provocative subjects, such as women’s choices in the modern world

* Women and men who are looking for a way to cope with grief and who turn to art as a way of healing

* Readers of contemporary fiction and psychological suspense