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The new blockbuster novel of suspense, intrigue and revenge, from the celebrated author of Sleeping With Ghosts.After twenty-five years of being incarcerated in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Jay Kaminsky is out. Out to pick up the pieces of his life, and to answer the questions that have plagued, and sustained, him through his nightmare. Someone robbed him of his youth and his freedom, and someone killed his Harvard room-mate all those years ago. Jay has paid their debt to society, now he wants to know who, and why.Kelly Preston has it all – beauty, fame and wealth. With her college friends Weston and Beth, she’d forged a pact: to channel their ambitions, talents and energy into elevating each other to positions of power by the millennium. For twenty-five years they have carved reality from their dreams. Now, they stand on the threshold of success.But Jay Kaminsky is in the way, dancing with shadows of the past. He’s never forgotten his college sweetheart, Kelly, and he’s convinced that she and her friends can help him. After twenty-five years their paths are set to converge once again, in a head-on collision of passion, murder, betrayal and retribution.
After twenty-five years of wrongful imprisonment, Jay Kaminsky returns to society to uncover the truth behind the murder that destroyed his life. Jay seeks to reclaim his identity and confront the individuals who thrived while he languished behind bars, specifically targeting his former college sweetheart, Kelly Preston. As Kelly and her elite circle of friends stand on the brink of immense power, Jay’s investigation threatens to dismantle their carefully constructed lives. The narrative follows a collision course between Jay’s desperate need for retribution and the secrets held by those who moved on from their shared past.
This novel utilizes the classic trope of the wrongly accused man seeking justice to examine the corrosive nature of long-held secrets. The narrative structure emphasizes the stark divide between the protagonist’s lost years and the rapid ascent of his former peers. Readers likely find the tension derived from the impending confrontation between Jay and Kelly to be the primary driver of the story’s momentum. The work focuses on the mechanics of betrayal and the inevitable surfacing of past actions, suggesting a methodical approach to the suspense genre.
Page Count:
336
Publication Date:
1998-07-20
Publisher:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
000225560X
ISBN-13:
9780002255608
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