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"dark terse thriller"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 8, 2004

French Quarter hotel manager Brian LaPorte and Boston based psychiatrist Rita Brooks meet over the Internet when he showed interest in a dagger she was selling. They exchanged email and started to talk about meeting as the two were falling in love, but Rita delayed this because of her Read more...

"Tension-packed mystery with fascinating characters."
Reviewed by Morgan Chilson
Posted September 20, 2004

Dr. Rita Brooks is finally ready to try a relationship again, this time in a rather unusual manner. She met Brian LaPorte on the Internet and feels a strong connection with him. Unfortunately, she's in a bad accident before they can meet, spending a short time in a coma in Read more...

Summary

On the brink of falling for a man she met on the Internet, Dr. Rita Brooks naively assumes Brian LaPort is everything he says he is...and all that she's hoped for. But before she can come face to face with him, Rita is nearly killed in a horrific accident. Or was it an accident at all?

Emerging at last from a disturbing, vision-plagued coma, Rita is confronted by a stranger who is convinced she knows more than she's telling about her own past-and his brother's. Cryptic e-mail records have led Christopher LaPorte to Rita while Brian lies near death in New Orleans from a suicide attempt. Or was it?

Desperate to unlock her own muddled memories as well as Brian's secrets, Rita returns with Christopher to New Orleans. There, amidst the chaotic revelry of Mardi Gras, she is plunged into a bizarre masquerade where elaborate masks cleverly conceal familiar faces-as well as murderous intent...