First published 2007
Jane is fifteen when a boat strikes her while she swims. The collision leaves her badly injured, but the psychological wounds cut deeper. Police call it an accident. Jane knows the driver hit her deliberately. Years pass. She builds a successful art career and marries Ian Westbrook, a plastic surgeon. She carries their first child. Then a patient from Ian's practice turns up murdered. Police name him the prime suspect. Jane believes in her husband's innocence until she starts digging into his past. Doubt creeps in. Anonymous threatening letters arrive at her door. The nightmare deepens when Jane realizes they might come from her teenage attacker, who seems determined to finish what he started all those years ago.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, psychological-suspense, second-chance
Setting: Africa
Period: contemporary
414 pages · Paperback · Mira Books
Content warnings: abuse, anxiety, depression, mental-illness