Late one night out on the Eastern Promenade Trail in Portland, Maine, the police discover an incoherent teenager sitting in a pool of blood, holding the body of his best friend and the murder weapon. The girl they both love has been missing for weeks. The kid's jealousy clearly drove him to murder. He says the missing girl is the love of his life. She also happens to be the girlfriend of the murder victim.
It's an open-and-shut case, or so most of Portland thinks.
Dr. Lisa Boyers, forensic psychologist, receives a call from an old friend, a connection to her troubled past. Attorney Rudy Swaner wants her to interview the young killer, Paul Ducharme, who is claiming he doesn't remember the events leading up to the murder.
In her jailhouse interviews, Lisa helps Paul to recover his memories. But something about Paul's disturbing love story shakes Lisa to the very core of her being. To understand Paul, she is forced to confront her own ugly violent secrets.
Media attention mounts. Reporters stream into Portland. All eyes turn to the psychologist who seems intent on exonerating the vicious teen killer. Soon Lisa finds herself the focus of an over-zealous reporter with a knack for digging up dirty secrets. But the killer who has Lisa in the crosshairs already knows them all.
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"This quarter I read a novel called Love Sick, by Jake Coburn. This book is about a high school boy who got ca ught for drinking and lost high basketball scholarship and his full ride. Now, Ted, is living with his parents, going to AA meetings and feels stuck, like he will never do anything with his life. I'm about half way through the book, and so far it's really unpredictable. Ted got an offer to get a full ride to a really good school, but the deal was the he has to watch over a girl, Erica. She is the daughter of a very rich man, she also is bulimic. He wants Ted to "look out" for Ercia, also known as spying. Ted has to write e-mails to him every week telling how she's doing. So far, nothing bad has happened, but who knows what could happen."
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Ellen (4 out of 5 stars)