A Task by Ken Baumann, a novel

A young woman named Rose escapes an American suicide cult. She's picked up by an African American cop who's scarred by war, and together they dissolve their lives and flee to Mexico. Meanwhile a famous artist creates his last piece before vanishing, and a man suffering from mental illness tries to do right by the cult's leader while his family grieves his disappearance.

This book is a 314-page paperback.