Friday, April 26, 2013

Just Jennifer


Close My Eyes by Sophie McKenzie (St. Martin’s, July 2013)

Geniver Loxley’s daughter Beth was stillborn eight years ago and she has never fully recovered, even though her husband Art continues to encourage her to undergo fertility treatments in the hopes she’ll get pregnant again.  Her world is upended when a woman arrives on Gen’s doorstep claiming to be the sister of the nurse who was in the delivery room with Gen, who was bribed, along with the doctor, to help Art kidnap Beth and that Beth is most likely still alive.  Gen cannot believe that anyone, especially her husband, would have been so cruel, but certain things are not beginning to make sense; Gen, along with one of Art’s former primaries in his company, Lorcan, begins to look into this woman’s claim and soon realizes she is not crazy, but cannot believe how little she knows about her own husband and how truly evil some people can be.  Filled with twists and turns, Close My Eyes does not stop until it delivers one last gut-wrenching surprise on the last page. 

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