First published 2023
Paris Peralta stands in her bathroom covered in blood, gripping a razor blade. Her celebrity husband lies dead in the bathtub behind her. The police arrest her on the spot. The murder charge terrifies her, but something else scares her more. Her buried past threatens to surface after decades of silence. Ruby Reyes, a convicted killer serving life in prison, sends Paris threatening letters. Reyes claims to know Paris's true identity and promises to expose secrets from twenty-five years ago. The murder case that sent Reyes to prison captivated all of Canada. Now Reyes receives an unexpected commutation and walks free. Paris faces a double threat. Prosecutors will charge her with killing the husband she loved. Meanwhile, the truth about another murder from long ago may finally come to light. Her present crumbles as her past catches up.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: past-coming-back-to-haunt, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Canada
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
432 pages · Paperback · Motus
Content warnings: murder, violence