stranger in the house

Author's Name: Shari Lapena

A present she couldn't remember and a past that refused to let go. Karen Kropf was at home preparing dinner for her husband. She expected him to arrive at any moment. The phone rang—the call she hoped she'd never receive. She ran to her car and sped toward a neighborhood she'd never thought to visit. She peered inside the dark, abandoned building and steeled herself for the worst.
After that, she didn't remember anything. The police told her husband, Tom, that she had been in an accident. She must have lost control of her car, speeding through that deserted part of town. The police suspected that she had done something dangerous. Her husband refused to believe it, but her closest friend wasn't so sure. Even Karen didn't know what to believe. She returned home with her husband to find that something had changed. The police continued to question and wonder relentlessly. A stranger must have entered the house. Indeed, everyone was a stranger. Each had something hidden, a secret they would kill for.