by Kate White
First published 2010
Lake Warren's life is falling apart. Her husband Jack wants full custody of their two children. Her marriage is over. She takes comfort in Dr. Keaton, an attractive doctor at the fertility clinic where she works as a marketing consultant. They spend one night together. The next morning Lake discovers Keaton dead with his throat cut. She panics and flees without calling police. Lake knows she looks guilty. A custody battle hangs over her head. She lies to investigators about the affair. The police grow suspicious. Colleagues at the clinic turn hostile. Mysterious clues appear at her home. Lake realizes someone wants her to dig deeper into Keaton's death and the clinic's secrets. She must find the real killer before the police arrest her or the murderer strikes again. Her children's future depends on clearing her name.
Genres: suspense, mystery, thriller, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Fertility Clinic
352 pages · Hardcover · Harper
Content warnings: murder