Married to a Stranger

Patricia Macdonald's darkly hypnotic tales have captivated readers across America, as well as in France, where she is a #1 bestselling author. Her previous novels include Suspicious Origin, Stranger in the House, Not Guilty, and the Edgar Award-nominated The Unforgiven. She lives with her husband and daughter in New Jersey, where she is working on her next novel.

Emma Webster didn't plan on becoming pregnant before marriage, but given that she has a fulfilling career as a psychologist at a mental-health facility and that David, the father of her unborn child, is now her husband, she's happy about it. But the couple's honeymoon in a rustic cabin in the New Jersey woods comes to an abrupt halt when Emma is attacked by a hooded trespasser. A hunter happens upon the ruckus (where's David, anyway?), surprising the attacker, but gets himself killed in the ensuing melee, sparing Emma's life, though just barely. As she recovers in the hospital, she's uneasy that the locals see David as the key suspect. She defends him fiercely, but why is it that David seems to be missing whenever a crisis erupts? Does Emma really know the man she vowed to love, and will "death do they part" sooner than she realizes? Or could one of Emma's deranged patients have it in for her? Recommended reading for Mary Higgins Clark fans and others who like their mysteries fast paced and told from the female point of view. Mary Frances Wilkens
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