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    "description": "<p>Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide that leads them to long-buried secrets worth killing for in the riveting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling &ldquo;master of suspense&rdquo; (Los Angeles Times).<br /><br />LAPD homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis sees it all the time: Reinvention&rsquo;s a way of life in a city fueled by fantasy. But try as you might to erase the person you once were, there are those who will never forget the past . . . and who can still find you.<br /><br />A pool boy enters a secluded Bel Air property and discovers two bodies floating in the bright blue water: Gio Aggiunta, the playboy heir to an Italian shoe empire, and a gorgeous, even wealthier neighbor named Meagin March. A married neighbor.<br /><br />An illicit affair stoking rage is a perfect motive. But a &ldquo;double&rdquo; in this neighborhood of gated estates isn&rsquo;t something you see every day. The house is untouched. No forced entry, no forensic evidence. The case has &ldquo;that feeling,&rdquo; and when that happens, Milo turns to his friend, the brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware.<br /><br />As Milo and Alex investigate both victims, they discover two troubled pasts. And as they dig deeper, Meagin March&rsquo;s very identity begins to blur. Who was this glamorous but conflicted woman? Did her past catch up to her? Or did Gio&rsquo;s family connections create a threat spanning two continents?<br /><br />Chasing down the answers leads Alex and Milo on an exploration of L.A.&rsquo;s darkest side as they contend with one of the most shocking cases of their careers and learn that that some secrets are best left buried in the past.</p>",
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