Black Out
By Lisa Unger
- Release Date: 2008-05-27
- Genre: Women Sleuths
Description
When my mother named me Ophelia, she thought she was being literary. She didn’t realize she was being tragic.
On the surface, Annie Powers’s life in a wealthy Floridian suburb is happy and idyllic. Her husband, Gray, loves her fiercely; together, they dote on their beautiful young daughter, Victory. But the bubble surrounding Annie is pricked when she senses that the demons of her past have resurfaced and, to her horror, are now creeping up on her. These are demons she can’t fully recall because of a highly dissociative state that allowed her to forget the tragic and violent episodes of her earlier life as Ophelia March and to start over, under the loving and protective eye of Gray, as Annie Powers. Disturbing events—the appearance of a familiar dark figure on the beach, the mysterious murder of her psychologist—trigger strange and confusing memories for Annie, who realizes she has to quickly piece them together before her past comes to claim her future and her daughter.
Reviews
My head is still spinning!
5By MygiftsA<his is a terrific book! Great story, believable characters and amazing writing make this a "can't put down book!!" A must read if you like mystery/thriller/crime fiction!Great Thriller
4By Jme LeeKeeps your attention to the very end. Flashbacks become a little too much, but the end is worth the dramatic, twisting build up... You can feel Annie's confusion, frustration, and desire to answer her life's questions through out the story.