"I don't know who you are." My eyes just stayed watching his. They had a crazed insane look in them, but also told a story of sadness and pain. His smile told another story all together.
"Really?! You really forgot me?" He looked down and sighed. "I thought you would remember me the most. I mean, I am the one who gave you that scar on your neck." Seo-Jin pointed at his neck. "You use to call me Jin when we were younger."
I touched my neck and traced the scar that it held. I've wondered where it came from, but my entire high school years in Korea I seemed to have forgotten. "I knew you in high school?"
"Knew me? You adored me." Seo-Jin laughed. "I was your best friend until that incident. After that, your father decided to pack your bags and move off to America."
That's how it all started. Those two boys that looked alike, but weren't the key to everything.
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