The Killer in the Mirror

Is she in love with a murderer? Seventeen-year-old Margot McClain used to be witty, talented and popular until a boy she toyed with tried to hang himself. Now she knows about wounds that won't heal — and she's spent two years using her sharp tongue to keep everyone at a safe distance. When a lost-looking new kid enrolls at her school, Margot mocks his fake-sounding name. Then she learns "John Smith" is the name the authorities gave him. He can't remember his own — or anything else about his past. Just bad dreams and shards of painful memories that surface like splinters working their way out. His plight weakens her resistance. She offers to be his confidant. He guardedly accepts. And in the space between his nightmares and her wary defenses, something begins to grow. As his memories slowly return, they reveal two different sides of John Smith: a bleak outer shell and a sensitive inner core. Margot, who has been hiding her own inner core for two years, knows what that kind of armor costs. Then his past arrives in the form of a trashy ex-girlfriend and two thugs with a proposition, a threat, and a revelation that changes everything: "Don't you remember? You killed your mom's boyfriend." The Killer in the Mirror is a mystery, a love story, and an exploration of identity — a journey into a past filled with pain and heartbreak that culminates in a murder trial that will decide which side of John Smith will survive.