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The thing I love about Connie Briscoe now is the same thing Ive always loved about Connie Briscoeshe writes highly commercial, pacey, character-driven stories. She was made for domestic suspense. Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling authorThe revered New York Times bestselling writer makes her triumphant return with this electrifying novel of domestic suspense that marks an exciting turn in her career, a twisting, tension-filled thriller in which a hearing-impaired woman must battle her rising terror as she fights for her life.Alexis Roberts is asleep one night when someone breaks into her home and tries to assault her. Though she manages to escape serious harm, the invasion has left her scared and shaken. The police are investigating, but Alexis has few details to share with the detective on the scene. Shes hearing impaired and could not find her cochlear implants in the darkness, which left her unable to both see and hear the intruder.Was her attacker a stranger or someone whom she knowsa person who may have once been close to her?Flashback to a year earlier when Alexis meets the man of her dreams. Marcus is handsome, successful, polished and everything shes ever wanted. Attentive, charming, and fluent in American sign language, hes unlike any man shes ever known. Believing he is the Mr. Right who was meant to be her forever partner, Alexis says yes when he asks her to marry him. Why wouldnt she?But once theyre married, Marcus grows distant and resembles little of the charming man who swept her off her feet. Who is this stranger shes married? Determined to uncover the truth, Alexis begins to carefully unearth the secrets in her husbands life. When she makes a horrifying discoveryhis first wife is missing and suspected deadMarcus suddenly disappears without a trace.Now, in this gigantic house in an isolated neighborhood with no family and friends nearby to help, a terrified Alexis waits for her intruder to return. Shes trapped in the dream home that has become a nightmare, unsure who Marcus really is . . . and what hes capable of doing.