Playing dead

a novel of suspense

English language

Published Nov. 18, 2012 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:
978-0-345-52701-1
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"Tommie McCloud's life is alread in turmoil. Her mother has dementia and her father has just died, leaving Tommie a multi-million dollar energy business in Texas. When a letter arrives from Adriana Marchetti, it explodes a bomb in Tommie's life that she never could have anticipated. The letter claims that Adriana Marchetti's baby was kidnapped thirty-one years earlier, and that this baby grew up to become Tommie McCloud. The investigation starts when Tommie discovers that her social security number doesn't add up--it claims that she was born in Chicago. It deepens when Tommie is approached by a man who claims to be a reporter but is actually an FBI agent, and when Tommie discovers that he is there to protect her from the man whom the letter claims is her father--violent mobster Anthony Marchetti--imprisoned for thirty years and now up for parole. She cannot trust anyone. Seeking her identity will …

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Subjects

  • Family secrets
  • Life change events
  • FICTION / Psychological
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • FICTION / Thrillers
  • FICTION / Suspense
  • Fiction