Twenty Years Later: A Riveting New Thriller

ExcellentDonlea tells a propulsive tale. The New York Times

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Fans of Verity by Colleen Hoover wont want to miss this thrilling new suspense novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Taken! Hiding her own dark past in plain sight, a TV reporter is determined to uncover the truth behind a gruesome murder decades after the investigation was abandoned. But TWENTY YEARS LATER, to understand the present, you need to listen to the past

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audiences attention. Her latest storya murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayalis guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiners office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.
 
Emma Kind has waited twenty years to put her sister to rest, but closure wont be complete until she can clear Victorias name. Alone shes had no luck, but shes convinced that Averys connections and fame will help. Avery, hoping to negotiate a more lucrative network contract, goes into investigative overdrive. Victoria had been having an affair with a successful novelist, found hanging from the balcony of his Catskills mansion. The rope, the bedroom, and the entire crime scene was covered in Victorias DNA.
 
But the twisted puzzle of Victorias private life is just the beginning. And what Avery doesn't realize is that there are other players in the game who are interested in Averys own secret pastone she has kept hidden from both the network executives and her television audience. A secret she thought was dead and buried . . . 
 
Accused of a brutal murder, Victoria Ford made a final chilling call from the North Tower on the morning of 9/11. Twenty years ago, no one listened. Today, you will.

Breathtaking pacing and clever plot twists. Publishers Weekly

An entertaining thrillersurprises lurking around every corner. Kirkus Reviews
 
A superb storyteller. Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author