by Lisa Unger
First published 2010
Isabel Raine believes she has built the perfect life with Marcus, her husband of five years. One morning he kisses her goodbye and disappears completely. His phone goes to voicemail. His office stops returning her calls. When she finally hears from his cell phone, she catches only the sound of a man screaming in terror. The police dismiss her concerns, insisting that husbands abandon their wives regularly. Isabel rushes to Marcus's workplace and walks into an FBI raid. She wakes up in a hospital bed with a concussion and a homicide detective asking questions about the real Marcus Raine. Isabel realizes the man she married, the one who shared her bed for five years, may be a complete stranger. Her search for answers takes her from New York City to Prague as she risks her safety to uncover the truth about Marcus's identity and whereabouts.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York City, Prague
Period: 21st-century
347 pages · Paperback · VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD
Content warnings: violence