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Violence
A lot
A murder and its investigation; sustained threat to the protagonist
Language
Some
Moderate language in a thriller register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic relationship; the fertility clinic and embryo backstory handled with care
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Identity and its instability when two people look alike, the grief of a surviving twin, a conspiracy tied to a government program
What this book is about
Identical twins Mattie and Melina agree to switch places for one night — Melina attends a party in Mattie's place while Mattie goes to the fertility clinic under Melina's name. When Mattie is murdered, Melina realizes that the killer may have intended to kill her, and that she is now carrying Mattie's embryo as the only connection between the two events. A NASA astronaut named Colonel Christopher Hart becomes entangled in her investigation. Sandra Brown builds a thriller around the nightmare logic of twins and mistaken identity.
Notes for sensitive readers
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murder investigation
twin identity and confusion
adult romantic content
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