The book is based on the relationship between Richard Tremain and Miranda Wood, and how it relates to Tremain's murder. He and Wood were having an affair, and he gets murdered in her house, in her bed, with her knife. Naturally, Wood is the main (only) suspect even though she claims she's innocent. Chase, Richard's brother, comes into town to help Evelyn, Richard's wife, deal with the services and the trial. In pursuing the truth about Richard's murder he finds other affairs, details about his job and potential blackmail, and too many questions to know that Miranda is without question the killer. Together, they search for the truth.
One thing I loved about this book were the characters. They were strong and added the perfect touch to the plot of the story. You had the black sheep brother, the privileged and arrogant widow, the teenage children, and the over bearing father in law (Evelyn's father). Combined with the small town sheriff and the innocent, somewhat naive mistress the story had a lot of twists and turns to keep the reader interested. The only thing I didn't like about this story was the love story plot line. In researching the murder, Chase and Miranda begin to fall for each other. That's fine and added to the story, but towards the end it turned into more of a romance novel than a murder mystery whodunnit, which is what it started as. Normally, in Gerritsen's novels, the romance doesn't play such a major role so this was a change in her style. I could have done without it, but overall, a good book. I'd recommend if you like mystery and Tess Gerritsen in general.
<3, jacq
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