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* An Indie Next Pick* A LibraryReads Selection* An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Mysteries & Thrillers) * A Daily Candy Best Book of March* One of More Magazine's "Five Thrillers Not to Read After Dark"When Dr. John Taylor turns up dead in a hotel room, the local police uncover enough incriminating evidence to suspect foul play. Detective Samantha Adams, whose Palo Alto beat usually covers petty crimes, is innocently thrown into a high-profile case that is more complicated than any she has faced before. A renowned reconstructive surgeon and a respected family man, Dr. Taylor was beloved and admired. But beneath his perfect faade was a hidden life - in fact, multiple lives. Dr. Taylor was married to three very different women in three separate cities.
About the Author
Alice LaPlante is an award-winning writer of both fiction and non-fiction. She teaches creative writing at Stanford University, where she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer. She also teaches in the MFA program at San Francisco State University. Her fiction has been widely published in , and other literary journals. Alice is the author of five books, including the bestseller (W.W. Norton 2009) . Her latest book, the novel , was published by Grove Atlantic in 2011 and won the Wellcome Trust Book Prize for 2011. She lives with her family in Northern California.
