To save her own life, Nina Bloom vanished. Now, to rescue an innocent man, she confronts the killer she thought she escaped forever.

A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York - including lying to everyone, even her daughter, about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she knows that she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes.
Nina's secret life began nineteen years ago. She had looks to die for, a handsome police-officer husband, and a carefree life in Key West. When she learned she was pregnant with their first child, her happiness was almost overwhelming. But Nina's world shattered when she unearthed a terrible secret that caused her to run for her life and change her identity.
Now, years later, Nina risks everything she's earned to return to Florida and confront the murderous evil she fled. In a story of wrenching suspense, James Patterson gives us his most head-spinning, action-filled novel yet - a Hitchcockian blend of unquenchable drama and pleasure.

This story is really nicely told, even if important steps (how was Nina able to change her name and history and how did she get a job in New York when she got there without any money or help...) are left out. Those maniac serial killers are only possible in the USA, however the story of trust in the husband which did not pay off is globally true in a lot of cases. I cannot really imagine, that someone can marry a woman, living happily together and then planting to get her brutally murdered even if she still seems to be liked. It is good for her, that she plans on leaving before she can actually be caught by the jump killer. Returning and saving the life of Jason and crossing her former husband's life is of course the dramatic act that is needed to make the book a page turner.

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