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What if someone you loved – who you believed was murdered – came back into your life? This high-octane chiller from the No.1 New York Times bestseller ‘gets under your skin, and then burrows deep’ (Stephen King).A secret from the past could destroy his future…Mallory Gray Chandler was the quintessential Southern Belle.She loved John Waters with a seething passion that threatened to destroy them both, until he ended the relationship. She was later found raped and murdered on a New Orleans pier.A decade later, a single word uttered by the stunning Eve Sumner turns John’s world inside out. Exactly who is Eve? And how does she know so much about John’s past with Mallory?Face-to-face with a memory from his past, John is plunged into the darkest depths of love and obsession. And a mass of secrets, lies and murder is about to explode…
When a man encounters a woman who possesses intimate knowledge of his murdered former lover, he is forced to confront a decade-old tragedy that threatens his current existence. John Waters, a man attempting to move past the violent death of his former partner Mallory, finds his life destabilized by the arrival of Eve Sumner. As John attempts to uncover Eve’s true identity and her connection to his past, he is drawn into a web of obsession and lethal secrets. The narrative follows John’s descent into a high-stakes investigation where the lines between memory and reality blur, challenging his perception of the events that led to Mallory’s death.
This novel is characterized by the high-octane pacing and psychological intensity typical of the author’s work. The premise suggests a focus on the intersection of past trauma and present-day danger, utilizing the Southern setting to heighten the sense of unease. Readers likely find the central mystery surrounding the identity of Eve Sumner to be the primary driver of the narrative momentum. The work appears to lean into the conventions of the suspense genre, prioritizing plot twists and the unraveling of long-held secrets over slow-burn character studies.
Page Count:
432
Publication Date:
2014-08-14
Publisher:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
0007546556
ISBN-13:
9780007546558