For the past three months, Eve Renner has struggled to remember the night she was nearly killed and her lover was tried for murder. She remembers getting the anxious call from a friend from her past: "Meet me at the cabin. I've got evidence." She remembers seeing that friend lying in a pool of blood. And she remembers a horrifying glimpse of her lover Cole Dennis's face as a gunshot plunged her into darkness. Now, her memory and emotions scarred, Eve has returned to New Orleans to forget the past. But the past will not be ...
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For the past three months, Eve Renner has struggled to remember the night she was nearly killed and her lover was tried for murder. She remembers getting the anxious call from a friend from her past: "Meet me at the cabin. I've got evidence." She remembers seeing that friend lying in a pool of blood. And she remembers a horrifying glimpse of her lover Cole Dennis's face as a gunshot plunged her into darkness. Now, her memory and emotions scarred, Eve has returned to New Orleans to forget the past. But the past will not be forgotten. Eve's shattered memory has helped Cole walk on murder charges just as a new series of killings begins. The latest murders are bizarre and baffling. The victims are killed in a ritual fashion, a series of numbers tattooed into their bodies. 212. 101. 111. 323. There is no clue to their meaning, no connection to the victims except one: Our Lady of Virtues Hospital, the crumbling old asylum that was once the scene of unspeakable madness. For Eve, it was a second home as a child. Her father was a doctor there, and she spent hours exploring its secret chambers, hidden rooms, and forbidden passageways. Somewhere in its decaying rooms lies the key to a terrible crime, a betrayal beyond imagining whose echoes are now being felt with a vengeance--a crime that seems to lead to Eve herself. And the only man she can trust with the search is Cole, her former lover and, just possibly, a cold-blooded killer. As forgotten memories begin to surface, bodies are found and each twist leads to another terrifying piece of the puzzle. Someone is watching, planning, luring her back to the ruins of Our Lady and the shocking truths hidden there--someone who has been waiting for this moment to strike. He is deadlier than she knows. For the sins of the past must be revealed, the crimes brought to justice, and the price paid--in blood.
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Shiver would give you a bit of background that is needed (and at times this book refers to the story line in Shiver) but a really good edge of your seat thriller!! Can't put down! a chill goes up and down your spine! You are left guessing til the end! A friend turned me on to this book and author. Now I am engrossed in this author and reading the previous book Shiver. I wish I read Shiver before this one but oh well!!
cmstavenwise
Mar 2, 2008
Lady of Virtues
The dangers surrounding this mental hospital have shown in many a Jackson novel. That there are so many stories that can be told and so well, without repetition is great. Another fine Jackson suspense novel. This one does not seem to have much to do with the hospital other than Eve's father worked there. At least at first. Eve's story starts with her knowledge that perhaps the man she loves/loved has tried to kill her. She cannot be sure. Her memory is shot from a head wound. Cole was her love - surely he was not so jealous he followed her to a hidden cabin to murder her because he felt she had a lover? After all, she was only there for information. He did follow her because he was unsure. He finds danger and she has seen him. However, it is not as it appears - at least at first. He sits in jail while the case falls apart against him. Set on a course to prove his innocence (well, the stuff he is innocent of at least - because he is guilty of some) once he is freed brings danger to Eve again. This whole intricate plot is borne of a devious mind. Someone close to Eve in ways no one knows and also to the case. The danger touches not only Eve, but her family. They combine forces because they still love and even though wary that each has lied - they work to try to figure out the whole story - even if it is not what they want to hear. Montoya and Paterno are again in the case, as are their ladies from other books (as well as Paterno's daughter). The number of people related in the book grows and stems from the prior books. This is a great Jackson novel and one you will likely read again.