Sandrine's Case

In this Edgar Award finalist and "slow-burning, intricate" thriller, a professor falls for his wife all over again . . . while he stands trial for her murder ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). Samuel Madison always wondered what Sandrine saw in him. He was a meek, stuffy doctoral student while she was a beautiful bohemian with limitless talent and imagination. On the surface their marriage seemed tranquil: jobs at the same small liberal arts college, a precocious young daughter, and a home filled with art and literature. But then one night Sandrine is found dead from an overdose#8212;and Samuel is accused of poisoning her. As secrets about their tumultuous marriage come to light in the courtroom, Samuel must face a town and media convinced of his guilt, a daughter whose faith in her father has been shaken to its core, and astonishing revelations about his wife, who never ceased being a mystery to him. Sandrine's Case is a "gripping, moving, and elegiac" novel about the evil that can lurk within the heart of a seemingly ordinary man (Michael Connelly). "Cook plays with and against the conventions of the noir mystery to craft a novel deeper and richer than the genre would seem to allow." #8212; The Columbus Dispatch Samuel Madison always wondered what Sandrine saw in him. He's a meek, stuffy doctorate student, and she's a brilliant, beautiful bohemian with limitless talent and imagination. Yet on the surface their marriage seemed perfectly tranquil. Then one night Sandrine is found dead in their bed from a deadly overdose of pain medication and alcohol, and Samuel is accused of poisoning her. As the truth of their turbulent marriage comes to light, Samuel must face a town convinced of his guilt "Samuel Madison always wondered why Sandrine chose him. He was a meek, stuffy doctorate student, she a brilliant bohemian. On the surface, their marriage seemed tranquil: jobs at the same liberal arts college, a precocious young daughter. Then one night Sandrine is found dead in their bed from an overdose, and as the subsequent police investigation deepens, Samuel falls under suspicion"--Page 4 of cover