by Julie Clark
First published 2020
Claire Cook sits in an airport bar, months of planning finally coming together. Her husband may be the golden boy of a political dynasty, but behind the doors of their Manhattan townhouse, he controls her every move with his staff and his temper. Tonight she vanishes forever. The woman beside her, Eva, seems equally desperate to disappear. They make a split second choice to exchange tickets. Claire will take Eva's flight to Oakland. Eva will fly to Puerto Rico using Claire's identity. Each woman believes this swap gives her the fresh start she needs. Then Eva's plane crashes. Claire watches the news reports of her own death spread across every channel. She cannot return to her old life now. She must become Eva completely. But Eva carried secrets of her own, secrets that Claire must now protect. Two women ran from their lives. Only one survived to live them both.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: identity-swap, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Manhattan, Oakland, Puerto Rico
Period: contemporary
320 pages · Hardcover · Sourcebooks Landmark
Content warnings: domestic-violence, emotional-abuse