First published 2016
Television journalist Delaney Wright stands at the courthouse steps, ready to cover the murder trial that could launch her career. Betsy Grant sits in the defendant's chair, accused of killing her wealthy doctor husband after caring for him through eight years of Alzheimer's disease. Delaney should focus on the sensational case unfolding before her, but thoughts of finding her birth mother consume her mind. When her friends Alvirah and Willy Meehan offer to investigate her origins, they discover a secret too shocking to share. As prosecutors present damning evidence against Betsy, Delaney grows convinced the widow is innocent. Betsy refuses a plea bargain from her celebrity lawyer, determined to prove she did not murder her husband. Meanwhile, stepson Alan Grant watches nervously from the gallery, his substantial inheritance hanging in the balance along with his ability to pay mounting debts to his ex-wife and creditors. Delaney races against time to uncover the truth about Betsy's case while confronting revelations about her own past that threaten to upend everything she believed about herself.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, found-family, unreliable-narrator
280 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster