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no place like home
in a riveting new thriller from americas queen of suspense a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever her childhood home . there at the age of ten liza barton had shot her mother trying desperately to protect her from her estranged step father ted cartwright . despite his claim that the shooting was a deliberate act the juvenile court ruled the death an accident . many people however agreed with cartwright and the tabloids compared her to the infamous murderess lizzie borden pointing even to the similarity of their names . br to erase lizas past her adoptive parents change her name to celia . at age twenty eight a successful interior designer in manhattan she marries a childless sixty year old widower laurence foster and they have a son . before their marriage she reveals to him her true identity . two years later on his deathbed he makes her swear never to tell anyone so that their son jack will not carry the stigma of her past . two years later celia is happily remarried . her peace of mind is shattered when her new husband alex nolan surprises her with a gift the house in mendham new jersey where she killed her mother . on the day they move in they find the words little lizzies place beware painted on the lawn splotches of red paint all over the house and a skull and crossbones carved into the door . br more and more there are signs that someone in the community knows celias true identity . when georgette grove the real estate agent who sold the house to alex is brutally murdered and celia is the first on the crime scene she becomes a suspect . as celia fights to prove her innocence she is not aware that she and her son jack are now the targets of a killer .