{"product_id":"2940156906406","title":"After Me","description":"Twenty million in diamonds missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Sawyer, a cop in witness protection, holds the key.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf she could only remember.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly-onset Alzheimer's clouds the past. Stem cell therapy is working to clear it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut time is running out for Kate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne night finds a dead man in her bathtub with a note stuck in his pocket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI know what you've done.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer cover blown, Kate runs, the clock is ticking. People close to her are being killed.  Shadowy memories tease her. Some she recognizes. Others don't seem familiar at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunning from people she can't remember, dogged by a past lost in the haze, Kate discovers no one is who they appear to be, perhaps not even herself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter making a name for yourself in another genre, why switch genres now? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy first series featuring Lucky O'Toole is a light, romantic mystery series. At the time, my life was pretty dark, so I enjoyed the laugh-out-loud snark of Lucky and her pals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut, now life is a bit brighter and I find the darker side, my love of thrillers calling to me. I've always loved thrillers, especially psychological thrillers, medical thrillers, women in jeopardy chase books, that sort of thing. Fast-paced storylines with deep, well-rounded characters--I wanted to add my name to the list of writers who have delved deep into these waters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou're a lawyer, so why the medical tie-in? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI've always been a science geek. When I first went to college, medical school was my target.  Alas, life got in the way, but it didn't dim my interest in the field. And today, technology is honing a sharp edge in the medical field raising lots of possibilities for cures. But where there is a good use there is also a bad use--the yin and the yang. Nothing ever comes without a price. Great for storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR After Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fantastic! Coonts combines her trademark strong characters and clever plotting with one of the freshest concepts in suspense--a heroine with early onset Alzheimer's who literally can't remember why everyone wants her dead. Buckle your seatbelt for a wild ride!\" - Lisa Gardner, NYT #1 crime novelist and author of Find Her\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A firecracker of a thriller--with an ingenious premise, non-stop suspense and terrific writing. But it's the heroine who makes this such a winner--a heart-breakingly damaged loner who's got 'soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture' written all over her.\" - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Anthony, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of Say No More\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Everyone who loves Deborah Coonts's Lucky series knows that she is a master of the humorous mystery; now everyone will watch Coonts make her mark in the darker world of suspense. After Me hooked me from page one. After Me is the hallmark of a great thriller: strong voice, twisting mystery, and a compelling heroine.\" - Allison Brennan, NYT bestselling author of The Lost Girls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Relentlessly paced, After Me is the compelling quest of a woman's inspiring quest to survive...and a haunting reminder of the great truth: we are what we remember. It's Coonts's most gripping book yet.\" - Vicki Pettersson, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author of Swerve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deborah Coonts' After Me is the perfect thriller: a protagonist is being chased by those driven to make her pay with her life for a deed she may or may not have done, and truly cannot remember. Coonts's masterly use of memory flashback gives her heroine, Kate Sawyer, just enough revelatory insights into her own private hell to draw her readers into this purgatory with her. The premise is harrowing. The reveal is explosive. And the ending is redemptive. In other words, this is not just a satisfying novel; you'll find it a memorable read.\" - Josie Brown, author of The Candidate and The Housewife Assassin series","brand":"Deborah Coonts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103777276144,"sku":"2940156906406","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156906406_p0.jpg?v=1764089833","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156906406","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}