From the bestselling creator of The Surgeon, comes an outrageously twisty psychological thriller, good for followers of Shari Lapena, Gillian Flynn, and Freida McFadden.

After I get up, I do know three issues. My title is Emma. Somebody tried to kill me. And I can’t bear in mind who.

After I blink, my eyelashes brush towards scratchy material. My fingers twitch, numb and distant. Within the distance, sirens wail. I’m within the hospital. I must be secure right here, however I do know I’m not. The very last thing I bear in mind is operating, seeing an arm raised to strike… Why would anybody need to kill me?

Desperately, I piece collectively my scattered recollections. I’m standing with my husband on sugar-white sand, our rings glinting within the daylight. I’ll get higher, and I’ll go residence to him, and he’ll shield me.

However when he visits, his new girlfriend is on his arm, he tells me we acquired divorced three years in the past, and my world falls aside. What else have I forgotten?

The one means I can maintain myself secure is to uncover the solutions buried deep in my thoughts. However as I speak to my guests—listening to the mild tones of the docs and nurses, grateful for the care of my family and friends—I begin to see the lies that contradict what I bear in mind of my life.

They are saying it’s simply my damaged reminiscence. However I do know the surprising reality: I can’t belief a phrase anybody says…