Now You See Her

Elaina Davis captures the suspense of this Patterson thriller with fully believable tones of fear. Twenty years ago Nina Bloom discovered that her husband, a cop's cop, had a dark secret. She faked her own death, making herself look like a victim of the Jump Killer--who was on the loose at the time--fled to Chicago with her unborn child, changed her identity, and became a successful attorney. Now an innocent man is scheduled for execution for crimes she knows he couldn't have committed. And her former husband discovers she's alive. The pace is relentless--although bizarre coincidences strain believability. However Davis's narration more than makes up for anything the plot lacks. G.D.W. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine