She was once betrayed by friendship and love, she felt so vulnerable those times. There are times that she wants to give up but she has nothing to do to fight with it because she, herself, has a mission. One thing she wants is to get someone's trust to move and make her mission be more victorious. She needs something that could possess a strong connection in a way that can help her to fight with that plan. And that pain from betraying her can make her more braver and stronger, betrayal gives her a lot of bad experience but at the same time a lesson for her not to bring back the past she encountered. But her, as a woman, she stands herself as a powerful and more than capable of what the people may think to her. She is a breakthrough and breakeven. As time goes by, she keeps on believing herself for that plan to be successful. Are the plans will be successful? Does this young lady win the victory?
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