The Locked Door

Mystery and thriller

Print length: 311 pagesPoisoned Pen Press, 2023

Description

When Nora Davis was eleven, she unknowingly lived above the basement where her father murdered women until police arrived at the family home. Years later, Nora is a successful surgeon who has built a quiet life while concealing that her father was a serial killer. Her carefully guarded separation from the past is threatened when one of her young patients is murdered in a way that resembles his crimes. The new killing connects Nora’s present to the history she has tried to hide and places the secrecy she has maintained for years in immediate danger.

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