Amelia Winn is an ER nurse who had the perfect life; she was married to her husband, David, and was going to adopt her stepdaughter. Then one day everything changed... While she was walking with a woman who had been beaten by her spouse, they both were struck by a car. The other woman died, and Amelia took a severe blow to her head which left her deaf.
Amelia's life started to fall apart. She began drinking, and David, who couldn't take it anymore, kicked her out of the house. Amelia now lives in the country with her service dog Stitch. Amelia is no longer drinking thanks to the help of Jake, her childhood friend who is a detective. Whenever Heather has that feeling that she needs to have a drink, she gets in her kayak and paddles down the river. Normally it is very quiet until one day Stitch unexpectedly gets out of the boat and goes on land. Amelia follows her dog and finds a dead body. Amelia recognizes her right away: she's Gwen, one of her friends from before her accident.
While waiting for the police to arrive, Amelia is pretty shaken up. Luckily, Jake is assigned to the case and reports Amelia's statement and takes her home. Being deaf has made Amelia's other senses stronger, and she soon realizes strange things are going on in her own home. One day, there is a glass of wine on the counter. Amelia knows that she didn't put it there. Someone tried to break into her home, but why? While all of this is going on, Amelia gets a new job working at a clinic entering data of patients into the computer. Amelia really likes her job, but then things there also start to change. Amelia notices that several labs reports are missing out of charts. Why would someone take them out and who is trying to set her up?
Heather Gudenkauf, you had me from the first chapter of
A shocking discovery and chilling secrets converge in
this latest novel from New York Times
bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf
When a tragic accident leaves nurse Amelia Winn deaf, she
spirals into a depression that ultimately causes her to lose
everything that mattersβher job, her husband, David, and her
stepdaughter, Nora. Now, two years later and with the help
of her hearing dog, Stitch, she is finally getting back on
her feet. But when she discovers the body of a fellow nurse
in the dense bush by the river, deep in the woods near her
cabin, she is plunged into a disturbing mystery that could
shatter the carefully reconstructed pieces of her life all
over again.
As clues begin to surface, Amelia finds herself swept into
an investigation that hits all too close to home. But how
much is she willing to risk in order to uncover the truth
and bring a killer to justice?
New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf
has been described as "masterful" and "intelligent" and
compared to Lisa Scottoline and Jodi Picoult. Introducing
her most compelling heroine yet, she delivers a taut and
emotional thriller that proves she's at the top of her class.
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