I moved to Berlin, Germany. I studied the language and could now speak it fluently. It all started when I got back from a party expecting to see my drunken mother, but found a note in her place. Now that she was missing, maybe even dead. I never knew my father. I had been running for years and I didn't even know what I was running from. Did it have anything to do with my father? Why was I being hunted? I had so many questions and so little answers. Was it because of my family history?
What had my family done? I was only a 20 year old girl from the states. I was lost, clueless. I was battling demons, although I never even knew what my demons were. My name is Evelyn Woods, I am completely lost. If only I knew where to start. But all I knew was the feeling in my gut telling me to run. I needed to find someone who could help me. I needed to trust someone, because right now I am alone and I have no one.
Is it possible for me to ever trust again? Will I ever see my mother again? What are these demons that haunt my life?
Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is.
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A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche?
*2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller*
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Cover designed by April Alforque