When Elizabeth returns, announcing she has changed her name to Libby, opens up an art gallery a few doors down from Bloomers that looks suspiciously like Bloomers, changes her hair color, manner of dress and car all to imitate Abby, Abby becomes very creeped out and concerned.  Marco and Abby’s family are charmed by the young woman and tell Abby not to worry. Libby comes from a dysfunctional family, her mother is a former model, her brother Oliver, is in his own world with his war games, and Libby is just trying to find her place in the grown up world. 

Dysfunctional or not, Abby is seriously concerned about Libby’s attempt to take over her life, and is very upset with friends and family, especially Marco, when they don’t understand her level of concern.  So upset in fact, that she walks away from her relationship with Marco. 

Even after Abby is arrested for murder in a case of mistaken identity, her family still does not come around. Hoping to clear her name and regain her life, Abby assists Libby’s attorney (also Abby’s attorney) in the investigation, only to cross paths with Marco on more than one occasion.   

Kate Collins’s Abby Knight series is already terrific, but this latest entry tops all the others. Even with Abby’s zany mother, the seriousness of Abby’s situation, her helpless feelings and frustration with her nearest and dearest are very real and intense. It is very hard to figure out what is real and what isn’t, and at first Oliver’s games seem like a joke, but Abby quickly realizes that they are more real to Oliver than they should be. 

Because Abby’s father is a retired, disabled cop, the police cut Abby a lot of slack; often she feels they humor her, another impediment to her situation. Even when the police are satisfied with an arrest, Abby isn’t and pushes just a little harder to put everything to rights. 

Abby fights hard to win her life back, and readers will not be disappointed with this spunky heroine.                                            

--Jennifer Monahan Winberry