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Three beautiful young women work together at Global Computer Graphics, all of them intelligent, independent women, but all very different, too. One is a shy recluse, another an outgoing and sexy socialite, and the third is a struggling artist with romantic illusions. What do they have in common? All three are prime suspects in a series of brutal killings. The subsequent trial reveals a secret that binds these women even further, a secret no one could have expected, and few can easily explain. Based on a true story.
| Size | | Length: | 354 pages | | Height: | 10.3 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 23.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
Based on a true story, Sheldon's new work focuses on three beautiful young women accused of serial murder. A Literary Guild main selection.
Graves
Perennial bestseller Sheldon (The Best Laid Plans) doesn't get under the reader's skin here as he does at his best, even though he weaves together many of his time-tested elements childhood horror and its consequences; lust and murder as bedfellows; a pretty, hapless heroine; good men in the legal and medical professions trying to undo the wrongs done by others. Despite gory crime scene depictions, the old master, uncharacteristically, has left out the suspense and the layers of feeling. We finger the serial murderer all too quickly, just as we know before we know that Ashley's creepy physician father, Steven, abused her as a child. We never doubt that goodhearted lawyer David Singer will convince hostile judge Tessa Williams that, yes, multiple personality disorder happens, and that, morally and legally, it separates the doer from the deed. Nor is it any surprise that psychiatrist Gilbert Keller, spurred on by personal as well as professional longings, takes Allison apart and puts her back together the right way or does he? A prefatory sentence says the novel is based on real cases. Maybe so, but one wishes that the authentic details had been told with genuine passion. Literary Guild main selection. (Sept.)
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