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Lies of the Heart
by Michelle Boyajian
ISBN: 978-0-670-02131-4
$25.95
Viking Press
Less than a month after Katie Burrelli asks her husband, Nick, to move out of their home for a trial separation, he is shot and killed by one of his speech pathology clients, a mentally handicapped man with the I.Q. of a ten-year-old child. Now, Katie sits in the courtroom full of vengeance toward Jerry LaPlante, the client she once loved like a son.
In chapters alternating between past and present, Lies of the Heart unravels the truth behind Katie's and Nick's passionate relationship. Katie, long overshadowed by her beautiful, successful sister, pins her emotional well-being on Nick, whose unpredictable rampages only fuel Katie's destructive insecurities. As the cracks in their relationship begin to appear, both welcome Jerry into their family, hoping that by fixing him they can fix themselves.
But after Nick's murder, Katie vows to help the prosecution convict Jerry, whose best interests she'd always promised to protect. As she pushes forward and tries to dismiss the tender relationship she once shared with Jerry, she becomes more entangled with questions and uncertainty about her marriage, Jerry's reasons for killing a man they both loved, and her own responsibility for Nick's death.
A powerful debut novel and a rich tale of psychological suspense, Lies of the Heart masterfully dissects a marriage and explores the path of self-discovery that can sometimes be found in grief.
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