The Switch Hardcover - 2000
by Sandra Brown
From the bestselling author of "The Alibi" comes a new thriller about a woman investigating the murder of her identical twin sister. Melina vows to stop at nothing to learn the truth and avenge Gillian's death. But soon she is on the run from police, the FBI, and the mastermind whose evil plot to engineer the perfect "switch" could result in disastrous consequences on a global scale.
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From Sandra Brown, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Alibi, comes another riveting novel of suspense, revenge, and illusion -- where a labyrinth of twists and turns culminates in a final, stunning revelation....
It isn't the first time that identical twins Gillian and Melina Lloyd have switched identities. Yet it's the first time as adults that they've even considered the childhood prank. Melina, the more impetuous twin, proposes that her circumspect sister take her place as a media escort to NASA astronaut and national hero Colonel Christopher "Chief" Hart.
Although it's an enticing offer, Gillian declines for a very personal reason -- she's preoccupied with whether or not the artificial insemination she underwent that day will be successful. Besides, she warns Melina, such a switch could have unexpected consequences.Media-savvy Chief turns out to be an easy assignment for Melina -- in fact the evening with him is as much pleasure as business. But the following morning police arrive at Melina's door with the worst possible news: her beloved twin has been brutally murdered in her own bed. And on the walls, scrawled in blood, are obscenities directed at Gillian, along with insults toward Native Americans that indisputably link Chief to the crime.
Dissatisfied with the official police investigation, Chief and Melina form a grudging alliance, strike out on their own ... and find themselves uncovering more questions than answers. Mistrusting even the authorities claiming to protect them, on the run with their lives in danger, the two are soon following a crooked and bloody trail that inexplicably leads to Gillian's attempt to conceive a child... and to the threshold ofan inner sanctum, where a megalomaniac hatches horrific schemes and lies in wait for Gillian's replacement, her identical twin -- Melina.A book that reveals the powerful, almost mystical bond between twins -- a bond that extends beyond the grave and compels a woman to go to almost impossible lengths to avenge her sister -- THE SWITCH defies every prediction.
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- Title The Switch
- Author Sandra Brown
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Grand Central Publishing, New York
- Date 2000-08-29
- ISBN 9780446527033 / 0446527033
- Weight 1.82 lbs (0.83 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 6.48 x 1.44 in (23.32 x 16.46 x 3.66 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, Sisters
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00042343
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Beyond the Cover Author Interv, 10/01/2000, Page 19
- Booklist, 08/01/2000, Page 2072
- Publishers Weekly, 07/31/2000, Page 73
- Romantic Times, 08/01/2001, Page 87
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