The Only Suspect — Jonnie Jacobs

Dr. Sam Russell wakes up to find himself in his car in a ditch with no memory of how he's gotten there. There's a woman's shoe in his trunk. Dried blood under his fingernails. And when he gets home, he finds his wife, Maureen, is missing, having taken only her purse. For Sam, it's all too frighteningly familiar--seven years ago, his first wife vanished the same way, and a week later, she was found strangled and stabbed. It was Sam who was arrested and tried for the crime. And it was because of a hung jury that he went free. Now, it's happening again.

As a cop, Hannah Montgomery knows the husband is always the best suspect, especially in this case. But as a woman, she's got her doubts. For one thing, there's a mysterious phone call and ransom demand, nothing like the first time around. It's Hannah's job to get close to Sam, feel him out, see if he'll trust her enough to slip up, make a mistake. But the more she gets to know the good doctor, the more she's convinced he's what he claims to be--a devoted family man who is genuinely shaken up by his second wife's disappearance. Maureen Russell certainly left few clues. She was a woman with no past, no family, no friends, and Sam seems to know very little about the woman he married. Or else he has something to hide.

Then the case takes a stunning turn. A body is found, brutally murdered. And an eyewitness claims to have seen Sam with blood on his shirt. Now, as Sam grows more desperate to prove his innocence, shocking secrets will come to light, exposing a tangled web of deceit and betrayal stretching back over years. And in one moment, Hannah will know the truth: is she protecting a wronged man or has she fallen for the charms of a cold-blooded killer?