Rose Madder
Stephen King
After 14 years of an abusive marriage, Rosie Daniels decides she's
had enough and takes flight. Alone in a strange city, she begins to
find herself. Rosie meets Bill Steiner, a man whose eyes are gentle;
and she finds an odd, junk-shop painting that seems to want her as
much as she wants it. But it's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over
her shoulder. Norman Daniels is a cop, seductive and brutal, and very
good at finding people. To survive, Rosie must enter her own myth--a
world that lies beyond the surface of a wall of art--and become Rose
Madder.
This summary is courtesy of McNaughton Books