A USA Today Bestselling Author Twelve years ago, a man was convicted of killing the beautiful wife of up-and-coming surgeon Thomas Innes. Now new evidence has emerged, forcing the district attorney to release that man and arrest the victim's husband. No one is more shocked by this than his new wife, Deputy DA Julia Innes. She teams up with a former homicide detective from the case to get to the truth - but the closer they get, the riskier it becomes.
Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen were born in in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. on January 22 and September 12. In the late 60s, both newly returned from bumming around the world, they met in Aspen in the Red Onion, an Old West saloon. They were both new brides, wet behind the ears. It was several years later that they dreamed up Lynn Erickson, the pseudonym a combination of their husbands' names. They had read every romance put out in the early 70s and started saying, "We can do better than this." Well, they couldn't, but what the heck? The wrote two fat novels before we chanced onto an agent and made a sale. His first words to them: "The manuscript is flawed, but..."
They published their first novel as Lynn Erickson in 1980. Their early books were historical romances, full of blood and guts and murder, then they turned to contemporary women's suspense. "We've set almost all of our books in Colorado, especially in Aspen, a town where the truth is usually stranger than fiction. Aspen is a character in our books, not just a setting. We love to drop inside jokes about the quirks and fancies of our hometown. The scenery truly is glorious, the mountains magnificent, the skiing and hiking and fishing and horseback riding legendary. We cover the arts, too - the world-renowned music festival, the shops full of museum-quality paintings and sculptures. Southwestern art is big, of course: paintings and pottery and Navajo rugs."
If I could give this book zero stars, I definitely would. The author wrote a very mediocre plot with a very shitty climax even though the characters has such great potentials.
This mystery is so engrossing that you won't want to put this book down. It is very suspenseful and has plenty of twist and turns. Its also features a nice understated romance. All the characters add to the enjoyment of this well written romantic suspense.