For those who enjoy reading abnormal psychology texts, this novel will give them something to mull over. It is the story of Annie Powers, a comfortable mother of a young daughter and the wife of a fairly wealthy ex-Navy Seal now partner with his father in a civilian paramilitary company. But she is haunted by her past when she had another name (Ophelia March) and faces frightening memories as she begins to recall them.
The book is more complicated than an ordinary thriller, and neither the reader, much less Annie, knows what’s fact and what’s fiction. The novel moves forward with numerous flashbacks and misdirection, so that it can be somewhat confusing. However, the writing is smooth and the insights absorbing and penetrating.
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Reviewed by Theodore Feit