Delusion: A Novel of Suspense

About this book

A womans world is turned upside down when new evidence frees a man she put in prison with her testimony years ago in this latest ingenious thriller from the author Publishers Weekly calls "one of the best contemporary thriller writers around." Twenty years ago Nell Jarreau witnessed the murder of her boyfriend. Her testimony put a man behind barsand led her to her husband Clay the gentle detective who solved the case. Theyve been happy ever sinceand have raised a daughter togetherbut then one phone call changes everything. New evidence has exonerated Alvin DuPree aka Piratethe man Nell helped to convictand now hes a free man. Nell is consumed by feelings of guilt and for the first time in their marriage Clay is no help. The case is closed for him this new turn of events a mistake nothing more and Nells attempts to talk to him about the situation are met with anger. And to make matters worse the whole ordeal is beginning to wear on her relationship with her daughter. Nell is determined to find the answers to her questions though. Is DuPree now a much-changed man really innocent? Could Nell have been wrong all those years ago? Does her husbandor her daughterknow something about the case Nell doesnt? But secrets buried for twenty years tend to grow roots to burrow deep; and they are not unearthed easily. Every answer produces more questions and Nells search eventually leads her to the one person she hasnt approached: the freed man himself. As the pieces fall into place Nell realizes that the truthand very real dangercould be much closer than she ever imagined.