In this twisted thriller from the #1New York Times bestselling author, featuring New Orleans detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya, the past comes back to haunt Bentz, and its deadlier and closer to home than ever.
 
The scent is unmistakablegardenias, sweet and delicate, the same perfume that his beautiful first wife, Jennifer, always wore. Opening his eyes in the hospital room where hes recovering from an accident, New Orleans detective Rick Bentz sees her standing in the doorway. Then Jennifer blows him a kiss and disappears. But it couldnt have been Jennifer. She died twelve years ago . . .
 
Once out of the hospital, Bentz begins to see Jennifer everywhere, haunting and taunting him, then vanishing without a trace. Could she still be alive? He cant tell his new wife, Olivia, about the sightings or his secret fear that hes losing his mindthough he knows she suspects something is wrong. But Olivia is also hiding a secret . . .
 
When a copy of Jennifers death certificate arrives in the mail, emblazoned with a red question mark, Bentz follows the postmark trail to Los Angeles. Then the murders begin, each victim a part of Jennifers past, each grisly corpse pointing to Bentz as the prime suspect. Someones been waiting patiently, silently, anticipating Bentzs every move. Soon it will be Bentzs turn to suffer for his sins. But he wont be the only one made to pay the ultimate price. For a diabolical killer has now made Olivia the prime target . . .