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cover credit: Shaye Areheart Books
What would you do if it turned out your whole life was a lie? That’s the question posed in Clearwater author Lisa Unger’s latest novel, Die for You.
Isabel and Marcus Raines have the perfect life: she is a best selling author, he is the perfect example of the successful immigrant, once a poor Czechoslovakian orphan, now an educated New Yorker, co-owner of a thriving video game software company; and together, they have the perfect, loving marriage.
Or so Isabel thought, until the day Marcus disappears, leaving many questions, and deaths, in his wake; from that day on, Isabel’s perfect life slowly starts to unravel.
With or without the help of an intrepid New York City detective, Isabel is determined to find out what happened to her husband; and her determination, bit by bit, brings to light just how thoroughly Marcus’ web was woven, from the unspoken of relationships with the Czech and Russian mob, to the ease with which Marcus conned Isabel’s brother-in-law out of thousands of dollars, to the trail of bodies that begin popping up everywhere from New York to Prague, to the very question of Marcus Raines’ identity.
He even convinced Isabel that everything in their lives should be signed in her name; a problem which complicates the situation, and indeed leaves Isabel herself looking like an accomplice to the thefts and murders Marcus leaves behind him, and in the process (somehow) has her reexamining her own, and her sister’s, murky past, the suicide of their father, and—where Lydia’s concerned, the extramarital affair she’s having trouble dealing with.
How in the world Isabel’s husband was able to coordinate all this, without the usually so sharp authoress taking notice, how he was able to live under her roof, and share her bed, for five plus years, is the only question that matters to Isabel and will lead her to that far away Eastern European capital. But will it leave her family in tatters? Will even the lifelong questions leave them finally, or tear them apart? Will Isabel come out the other side of all this unscathed? Or indeed even alive to tell the story? Or will it all implode? Will Isabel die in search of the “whys” the drive her on? You’ll have to read to find out!
Lisa Unger ties all the mysteries together deftly, in an intriguing, spiraling plot, that reminded this reader, less of the often-mentioned-herein CSI, and something more akin to Robert Ludlum’s Bourne Identity, and in some cases, kept me awake late into the night in anticipation of learning what Isabel was in for next—and wanting more!
Indeed, the novel was that good. Even if mystery/suspense is not your favorite genre, this one might change your mind. I’d encourage you to give Die for Me a try. So, go ahead; add it to your list of books to be read this summer, as so many have already done. ;) I’m sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
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