The patient's secret : a novel
(Book)

"The inspiration at the heart of this work of fiction is a true crime ... that occurred in a quiet neighborhood on the Canadian prairies. ... While the backstory in The Patient's Secret draws directly from some of the true facts of this crime, what is spun around it is fictional"--Preface.

Psychotherapist Lily Bradley and the lives of all in Story Cove are changed abruptly when a suspicious death investigation begins and long-held secrets are exposed. The death invites the shrewd eye of Detective Rue Duval. Rue's job is to expose secrets. But she's also an expert at keeping them.