The Truth About Thea

Will, a recovering heroin addict-turned-counselor for whom truth is a championed element to recovery, has a dark secret -- shared with no one outside of his anonymous support meetings. Over twenty years ago, after an ultimatum from his pregnant ex-wife, Will was forced to assume a new identity and to fake his own death to get out from under his dealer and user-friends once and for all. Now Will is counseling Thea, a young woman who has been diagnosed with a pathological addiction to creating fake social media identities, and who founded a start-up company ("Alibis") that created false internet identities for clients, many with suspect pasts. Thea's addiction has landed her in rehab as a condition of her parole -- after a plea bargain cut short a court case that would have put both Thea and Alibis on trial for a very high-profile crime. As Will works with Thea, the truth is put into motion on a collision course. Both Will's, and his young client's, secrets start to unravel ... and reveal, at long last, the truth about Thea. Genre: Mystery/Thriller Will, a recovering heroin addict-turned-counselor for whom truth is a championed element to recovery, has a dark secret shared with no one outside of his anonymous AA meetings. Over twenty years ago, after an ultimatum from his pregnant ex-wife, Will was forced to assume a new identity and to fake his own death to get out from under his dealer and user-friends once and for all. Now Will is counseling Thea, a young woman who has been diagnosed with a pathological addiction to creating fake social media identities, and who founded a start-up company (Alibis) that created false internet identities for clients, many with suspect pasts. Theas addiction has landed her in rehab as a condition of her parole after a plea bargain cut short a court case that would have put both Thea and Alibis on trial for a very high-profile crime. As Will works with Thea, the truth is put into motion on a collision course. Both Will's, and his young client's, secrets start to unravel ... and reveal, at long last, the truth about Thea. "Will, a recovering heroin addict turned counselor, for whom truth is important to recovery, has a dark secret past. Now Will is counseling Thea Brown, a young woman who has been diagnosed with a pathalogical addiction to disseminating fake information and who has founded a start-up company ("Alibis") that helps create false internet identities for clients. As Will works with Thea as a condition of her parole in a high-profile legal case, his past and present collide, and he learns at long last, the devestating truth about Thea." -- Page 4 of cover