First published 2016
Christine Nilsson and her husband Marcus have struggled with infertility for years. After visiting specialists and researching options, they choose to use a sperm donor. Christine becomes pregnant and feels joy for the first time in months. Then she watches the evening news. A young blonde man gets arrested for multiple brutal murders. Christine stares at the screen. The man looks exactly like her donor. She begins investigating the connection between the arrested killer and the man whose DNA now grows inside her. Christine must dig deeper into a truth that threatens everything she wants. The discovery forces her to confront an impossible question about the child she carries.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigation, unreliable-narrator
438 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press
Content warnings: infertility