by Joy Fielding
First published 2009
Casey opens her eyes in a hospital room. The car accident has left her body broken and her voice silent, but her mind remains sharp and her hearing intact. She lies motionless as doctors, nurses, family members, and friends move around her bed, speaking freely because they believe she cannot understand them. Their conversations reveal secrets that shatter everything Casey believed about her relationships. The people she trusted most harbor dark intentions. Worse, the crash that put her here may not have been an accident at all. As Casey pieces together the conspiracy around her, she realizes that recovering her ability to speak and move might put her in deadly peril. She must decide whether to reveal her awareness or continue pretending to be unconscious while the people closest to her plot against her.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: medical-mystery, unreliable-narrator
384 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books
Content warnings: medical-trauma