The Femme Fatale Hypothesis

A gripping psychological thriller exploring the dark side of compassion and the blurred lines between mercy and murder.
As Rose Geddes's lung cancer progresses, her husband's ability to care for her diminishes, and their widowed neighbor, June Danhill, stumbles into their intersecting crises. June embraces the opportunity to distract herself from her loneliness by helping the Geddeses. But it isn't long before June realizes that Rose wants more from her than she is willing to give.

Love and loss, family secrets, visiting vultures, the Memorial Park boys, a long-forgotten keepsake, morphine versus fentanyl, and the sexual cannibalism of the false garden mantis all fuel this psychological thriller that tests the thin line between mercy and murder. For readers who enjoy thought-provoking suspense and complex characters in a small-town setting.