During a Leap she picks up a man named Roger in a restaurant, has sex with him in a parking garage, then leaves. The next day he shows up at her office, under the name Andrew Toner, with an appointment to see her. Unsure what to do, they decide to meet again to see if Grace can accept him as a patient. Instead, the next day Grace receives a call from a police detective, telling her that they have a murder victim named Andrew Toner who was found dead with one of Grace’s business cards in his shoe. Unable to get it out of her mind, Grace begins to investigate Who Roger/Andrew was, and why he ended up in her life. Soon she discovers that she is being followed. The rest of the novel swings back and forth between her investigation, and how it leads her both forward, and back into the depths of her past.
Grace realizes that her ties with Roger/Andrew go far back into her childhood when she first became a foster child, and may have first met a serial killer who has been in and out of her life ever since. It’s hard to give you all of the twists and turns in this novel without spoiling, but trust me there are a ton of them, and Mr. Kellerman serves them up so that they truly surprise but never strain credulity. The Murderer’s Daughter is a fascinating novel of suspense, but what really makes it special is Grace. She is living breathing character so well-drawn that she commands your attention. She is so riveting that even the everyday minutia of her life held my interest. Now that is a character. |
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