Lisa Scottoline has delivered taut thrillers with a powerful
emotional wallop in her New York Times
bestsellers Save Me, Think Twice, and Look
Again. Now, with her new novel, Come Home, she
ratchets up the suspense with the riveting story of a mother who
sacrifices her future for a child from her past.
Jill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her
and her daughter''s lives back on track after a divorce. She is
about to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her---though
it is stressful---and her daughter, Megan, is a happily
over-scheduled thirteen-year-old juggling homework and the swim
team.
But Jill's life is turned upside down when her ex-stepdaughter,
Abby, shows up on her doorstep late one night and delivers shocking
news: Jill's ex-husband is dead. Abby insists that he was murdered
and pleads with Jill to help find his killer. Jill reluctantly
agrees to make a few inquiries and discovers that things don't add
up. As she digs deeper, her actions threaten to rip apart her new
family, destroy their hard-earned happiness, and even endanger her
own life. Yet Jill can't turn her back on a child she loves and
once called her own.
Come Home reads with the breakneck pacing of a thriller
while also exploring the definition of motherhood, asking the
questions: Do you ever stop being a mother? Can you ever have an
ex-child? What are the limits to love of family?