Rose Madder — Stephen King

Rose Daniels saw the single drop of blood on the bed sheet -- and knew she must escape from her macabre marriage before it was too late.

But escape was not as easy as fleeing to a new city, picking a new name, finding a new job, lucking out with a new man. Her husband, Norman, was a cop, with a cop's training, a cop's technology, a cop's bloodhound instincts. And even worse, Norman was -- well, Norman. Rose knew she had been married to a savage brute. Now she realized she was being tracked down by a terrifying monster -- but the only place she found to hide could be the most dangerous of all....