内容简介：
In the stagnant heat of Oregonas Willamette Valley, Jill and Martin McCord return home to find Martinas ex-wife pointing a gun toward him. As Martin desperately calls 9-1-1, Jill struggles with his ex-wife, Monica, as the weapon goes off. Martinas last words, aMy wife just shot me a bring a twisted satisfaction to Monica, jailed for his murder. A tale involving extortion, infidelity and murder, the reader is first introduced to Jill McCord. Hospitalized for psychological trauma from witnessingaand trying to preventathe murder of her husband, is Jill hiding something more? Is she really a traumatized victim of crime or did her career as a nurse help her act the clever patient? Lies, deception and intrigue are common threads in this mystery that binds the secrets shared by Jill, Monica and Martin. Was Monica the actual murderess, or was Martinas death truly the accident she claims?