After Me

Fantastic! Coonts combines her trademark strong characters and clever plotting with one of the freshest concepts in suspense--a heroine with early onset Alzheimer's who literally can't remember why everyone wants her dead. Buckle your seatbelt for a wild ride!" Lisa Gardner, NYT #1 bestselling crime writer and author of Find Her A firecracker of a thriller-with an ingenious premise, non-stop suspense and terrific writing. But it's the heroine who makes this such a winner-a heart-breakingly damaged loner who's got 'soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture' written all over her. Hank Phillippi Ryan, Anthony, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark award winning, author of SAY NO MORE "Everyone who loves Deborah Coonts's Lucky series knows that she is a master of the humorous mystery; now everyone will watch Coonts make her mark in the darker world of suspense. After Me hooked me from page one. After Me is the hallmark of a great thriller: strong voice, twisting mystery, and a compelling heroine." Allison Brennan, NYT bestselling writer and author of The Lost Girls Relentlessly paced, AFTER ME is the compelling quest of a woman's inspiring quest to survive … and a haunting reminder of the great truth: we are what we remember. It's Coonts's most gripping book yet. Vikki Pettersson, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author of Swerve Description: Kate Sawyer, a former NYPD undercover cop, injured badly in a takedown gone terribly wrong, is living in Portland, Oregon safe in the Witness Protection Program, while she undergoes experimental stem-cell treatment for a genetic case of early-onset Alzheimer's. Everyone thinks Kate can provide vital evidence that will lead to the recovery of twenty million dollars of diamonds that disappeared during the takedown. If she could only remember. One night, Kate returns to her condo to find a dead man in her bathtub with a note stuck in his pocket. I know what you've done. Her cover blown, Kate runs, knowing the clock is ticking. Chased by shadowy figures she can't remember, Kate must solve the mystery before it's too late. People close to her are being killed. Shadowy memories tease her. Some she recognizes as her own. Others don't seem familiar at all. Running from people she can't remember, dogged by a past lost in the haze, Kate discovers no one is who they appear to be, perhaps not even herself.