In this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson a
private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband but little does he know that the
twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him There was always something slightly
dangerous about Joan. So when she turns up at private investigator Henry Kimball's office
asking him to investigate her husband he can't help feeling ill at ease. Just the sight of her
stirs up a chilling memory: He knew Joan in his previous life as a high school English teacher
when he was at the center of a tragedy. Now Joan needs his help in proving that her husband is
cheating. But what should be a simple case of infidelity becomes much more complicated when
Kimball finds two bodies in an uninhabited suburban home with a FOR SALE sign out front.
Suddenly it feels like the past is repeating itself and Henry must go back to one of the worst
days of his life to uncover the truth. Is it possible that Joan knows something about that day
something she's hidden all these years? Could there still be a killer out there someone who
believes they have gotten away with murder? Henry is determined to find out enlisting help
from his old nemesis Lily Kintner?but as he steps closer to the truth a murderer is getting
closer to him and in this hair-raising game of cat and mouse only one of them will survive.
