A spellbinding tale of obsession, multiply personality and murder.

FROM AMAZON: When Laurie Kenyon, a twenty-one-year-old student, is accused of murdering her English professor, she has no memory of the crime. Her fingerprints, however, are everywhere. When she asks her sister, attorney Sarah, to mount her defense, Sarah in turn brings in psychiatrist Justin Donnelly.

Kidnapped at the age of four and victimized for two years, Laurie has developed astounding coping skills. Only when the unbearable memories of those lost years are released can the truth of the crime come out—and only then can the final sadistic plan of her abductor, whose obsession is stronger than ever, be revealed. ( )

I’m so torn on her books. The plots are always interesting, which I think is what keeps me coming back, but there is just something, that I can’t put my finger on, that is missing. They just don’t have the same allure as some of my favorite authors. I read them, and they are “good” but I never feel like I’d rather stay up and keep reading to find out what happens instead of going to bed. Usually I know whether I like a book or not, and if not, I know why, but not hers. There’s something missing, I just can’t put my finger on it. ( )

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Laurie was only 5-years old when she was kidnapped. Two years later, she was let go, but she had blocked out everything from the time she was with her abductors. When Laurie is in the early 20s and her sister Sarah, a lawyer, now in her late 20s, their parents die. More trauma. Laurie is now in college and has a good relationship with one of her professors, but when he is found murdered, signs point to Laurie. She doesn’t remember.

It wasn’t fast paced, but many psychological “thrillers” aren’t. This was much about the psychology. Really interesting read; I imagine the author would have had to do a chunk of research on this. I’ve not read much about it; I think I have only one other book tagged multiple personality disorder, which is actually surprising as I do find it fascinating. ( )