FromtheArthurEllisAward-winningGrandMasterofCrimeWriterscomesthenextinstallmentintheJoanneKilbournseriesWhenJoanneShreve’sformerstudent,ValMasluk,writesthebiographyofacclaimednovelistStevenBrooks,ValonceagainbecomespartofJoanne’slife.ThebiographyisalreadyraisingtroublingquestionsaboutBrooks’spast,andtheweddingofBrooks’sdaughterandJoanne’ssonisscheduledforthedaybeforethebiographyispublished.BothJoanneandherformerstudentarehauntedbymemoriesoftheseminarthatledtothedeathsoftwopeopleandthemurderconvictionofathird.ThepublicationoftheBrooksbiographyposesathreatnotonlytothefutureofthemanandwomanabouttobemarriedbutalsotothefuturesofthosewholovethem.JoanneiscertainthatthethreatisrootedineitherherpastorinthatofStevenBrooks.Thecollateraldamagecausedbyexposingthatlinkwillbringpaintobothfamilies,butlifehastaughtJoannethattheonlythingworsethanknowingisnotknowing.
