This is a mediocre work with a ludicrous plot. The initial premise had potential: Molly Lasch has just gotten out of prison for the murder of her husband Gary, a crime for which she has no memory. Molly is determined to prove her innocence, and convinces investigative reporter Fran Simmons to help her investigate what really happened that fateful evening.

The characters are stereotyped, and the prose is tedious and cliché- ridden. Clark litters the path with the standard red herrings, but when the actual perpetrator(s) are revealed, the reader won’t see it coming because the motives are entirely unbelievable. To find this story even remotely plausible, one would have to believe that a group of evil physicians have been murdering their sick elderly patients because they think society should save its medical resources for the young and healthy. And on top of this when they’re not killing off their patients, the evil doctors are experimenting on them with drugs. . Only the most naïve and inexperienced of readers could find any of this remotely plausible. As for the title of this book, it has nothing to do with the plot, and its rationale goes by so quickly that the reader may not notice it, especially those who are so bored by the repetition and the protagonists' whiny helplessness that they are trying to get through the book as fast as possible.

I listened to the audio version, and at 4.5 hrs, that was plenty long enough. I have pretty low expectations for audio books (listened to during daily commutes). But this one is not recommended. ( )