Journey far enough and you find yourself.
A successful and respected high school English teacher, Chip Thurmond’s reality is suddenly jolted by an obsessed, conniving 17 year-old female student who refuses to take no for an answer. In flight, Chip with trailer-in-tow, heads east and takes refuge 1,500 miles later in Jones Lake, a small obscure town in east-central Kansas. Ready to welcome his new normal, Chip soon discovers Jones Lake anything but normal. A mystical homeless man; a beautiful but troubled teaching colleague; a hard-edged police captain, and an enchanting female parent all complicate what Chip thought a perfect getaway. Throw into the mix a kidnapping, an unsolved murder, a bizarre trial, a wacky golf tournament, and a classroom full of surprisingly precocious students enthralled with Shakespeare, and you have a compelling tale. And—of course—Chip’s now 18 year-old former student, the girl responsible for Chip’s escape, has picked up his trail. Her eventual arrival will force Chip Thurmond to resolve his feelings both for her and for two other love interests new to his life. Crime, adventure, romance, mystery, and a bit of noir all reside in Jones Lake and through it all, Chip must decide if he’s truly journeyed far enough to find himself. Or will he take flight again?
