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Psychotherapist Cassidy McCabe has a lot of repressed guilt to deal with; so much, that if her clients knew, they might wonder how she will be able to help them. She has a poor relationship with her mother, and while she claims to have a healthy relationship with second husband Zach, he pushes her around quite a bit and takes charge of situations that really are not his to control.
Waking up the morning of November fourth after a nightmare, something is bothering Cassidy, though she can't quite figure what it is. Opening the local paper, she comes face to face with her obituary, stating that she died this date, fifteen years earlier. It is then that Cassidy remembers November fourth is the anniversary of her friend Barbara's death.
Barbara was killed drunk driving after Cassidy found Barbara and her first husband in
bed together and Cassidy ordered her out of the house. Cassidy, hoping to assuage her guilt, confessed her part in the accident to Barbara's family, who alienated Cassidy instead of offering her the solace and absolution she sought.
Now someone is stalking Cassidy, though her psychoanalytical mind is sure Zach is the one in danger. Zach insists they handle the escalating threats together, until a body is found in Zach's car and they realize that they may not be able to handle this alone.
While there are many viable suspects for the stalker, none seems particularly believable and due to an odd series of coincidences, the stalker is easy to spot. As Cassidy digs into Barbara's past, she learns that her supposed best friend kept many secrets from her, so many secrets that readers will feel Barbara was well on the path to self-destruction
long before November fourth.
Cassidy seems very self involved, always concerned how events will affect her and allows herself to be led along by her mother and Zach. A very unsuspensful plot and an unlikable heroine make for a disappointing read.
--Jennifer Monahan Winberry
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