There are secrets that bind friends together...

and secrets that tear them apart, in this

riveting novel, four women--friends since

their years together at an elite New England

college--- find their lives suddenly and

irrevocably altered by a past that comes back

to haunt them, a secret that will not stay

bidden. Especially now... as strange and

ominous things begin to happen to:

SUSIE--an elegant society matron, married

to a New York executive and living an ideal

life, or so she thinks until her volunteer

work brings her face to face with a man as

irresistible as he is forbidden.

DINAH--a Connecticut housewife and

amateur painter who, despite her moments

of enwing Susie s glamour, is reassured by

her love for her lawyer husband and teenage

son--and is blind to the betrayalin her

own house.

LISBETH--a successful Hollywood

screenwriter who has come back to New York

to see her first stage play open off Broadway

and to watch all her dreams--or her worst

fears--come true.

QUINN--a brilliant research physician of

blueblood Boston stock, immersed in her

work, her spacious East Side apartment, her

pet dogs, and her friends: if her life is so

rewarding, why should her long-vanished

brother s return matter so much--and why

ha.s he chosen to come back now?