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Anne and Marco Conti enjoy a seemingly perfect family life, but their world turns upside down when a violent crime breaks out during a dinner party at their neighbor’s house. Suspicion falls on the Contis, and as Detective Rasbach investigates, he discovers that the parents are hiding a complex web of secrets. Anne and Marco must confront the truths the other has concealed for years as their ordinary life teeters on the brink of danger.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Shari Lapeña
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