FATAL

By John Lescroart

After reading this one, you’ll wonder why author Lescroart’s picture is not printed beside the definition of “spellbinding” in the dictionary. “Fatal” is all about surprises and the dangerous cost of a one-night-stand to a happily married couple.

Kate Jameson loves her life. At the age of forty-four she thanks God that she is married to such a great guy (Ron) and blessed with two beautiful children, living in a lovely home in San Francisco. However, things are about to change drastically when Kate and Ron go to a dinner party and meet another pair, Peter and Jill Ash. The couples talk a bit and exchange a few friendly words, but that night, when they’ve retired to bed, Kate is suddenly overcome with a longing for Peter that she can’t explain. She even confesses the oddity to her best friend Beth Tully—a San Francisco police detective—stating that she suddenly has this obsession for a married man she just met.

Sadly, what began as an innocent crush develops into a very risky idea, as Kate’s fascination for Peter culminates in an intense encounter. Now that they’ve been together once, however, Kate is confident that her life can go back to normal. Nothing, of course, is that easy.

Not long after their very brief affair, a masked man pushes into a café where Kate is sitting with a friend and starts firing an assault weapon into the crowd. This tragedy is just the first in a series of horrific events that will unveil to Kate just how serious her choice was and how her one-night-stand is going to change her life forever. When Peter’s body washes up on a beach and Beth is placed on the case, life suddenly goes from bad to worse.

Readers will love the constant action of “Fatal” and wonder with each moment just who is going to pay for one night of sin.