Carolyn knew everything about Veronica Campbell. She knew about the case of murder and retribution that haunted her life and her career. About her stormy relationship with her husband, Drew. About the emotional darkness that was overwhelming Veronicas fragile seventeen-year-old daughter, Jude. But seeing her friend laid out on a cold hard slab of steel in a morgue, and hearing the initial judgments of the investigators, Carolyn also knows this: theres no way Veronica would have ever taken her own life. And when Carolyn receives a note threatening her away from the case, she knows a killer is at large.
Carolyn must separate lies from truths in a world of complex relationships and battered psyches. As a hidden side of Veronicas life emerges, including the stunning possibility that Veronica had taken a lover, Carolyn becomes increasingly involved with Veronicas daughter, who claims her father has been abusing her for years. Trusting a person she doesnt truly know, putting her own upcoming marriage with wealthy, charming Marcus Wright in jeopardy, Carolyn investigates the brutal murder of another young woman. With danger and deceit swirling all around her, Carolyn is determined to lure her prime suspect out of the shadows. But all the while a killer is coming straight after her
This book kept me entertained for many hours during my journies to and from work. It has a number of twists and turns and some interesting characterisation. I just wonder why it took the author quite so long to tell what in the end is rather a limited story.
