Laura Seton has put her past behind her. Several years earlier, her former boyfriend was put to death after being linked to the murder of more than 100 women. On the fifth anniversary of his death, a chilling note is left at her door - a note that might have come from her dead lover. Unbeknownst to her, two other women receive identical notes - someone is forcing them all to confront a past they've tried to forget.

Steven Gage was a charming and elusive psychopathic serial killer. Five years after his capture and execution, his ex-girlfriend, the lawyer who defended him on Death Row, and the writer who turned his story into a bestselling true crime book reach the edge of terror as they are hunted by a shape-shifting shadow from the past.

Laura has created a new life for herself far away from the horror of a boyfriend who was executed as a serial rapist and murderer. After five years, her life is full of possibilities, but the past is not buried as deeply as she thinks. Melanie Ewbank narrates in a down-to-earth manner that makes extraordinary events seem eerily ordinary. Major characters are easily distinguishable and believable as the folks next door or colleagues at work. As the plot progresses, the normal becomes less and less ordinary and the truth becomes less clear. But by keeping the sense of the ordinary central, Ewbank contributes to the suspense. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

 

Amy Gutman is an honors graduate of Harvard-Radcliffe College and the Harvard Law School. She practiced law for four years at a top law firm in New York City and has worked as a journalist in Washington D.C., Tennessee and Mississippi. She is the author of Equivocal Death.

The Anniversary by Amy Gutman
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