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Informationen zum Autor Laura Lam was raised near San Francisco! California! by two former Haight-Ashbury hippies. Both of them encouraged her to finger-paint to her heart's desire! colour outside of the lines! and consider the library a second home. This led to an overabundance of daydreams. She relocated to Scotland to be with her husband! whom she met on the internet when he insulted her taste in books. She almost blocked him but is glad she didn't. At times she misses the sunshine. Klappentext One twin is imprisoned for a terrible crime. The other will do anything to set her free. One night Tila stumbles home! terrified and covered in blood. She's then arrested for murder! the first by a civilian in decades. The San Francisco police suspect involvement with Verve! a powerful drug! and offer her twin sister Taema a chilling deal. Taema must assume Tila's identity and gather information to bring down the drug syndicate. The police may then let her sister live. However! Taema's investigation raises ghosts from the twins' past. The sisters were raised by a cult! which banned modern medicine - yet as conjoined twins! they needed life-saving surgery to replace their failing heart. And with help from co-conspirators! they escaped. Taema now discovers that Tila had found links between the cult and the city's criminal underworld. The twins were once unable to keep secrets! but will learn the true cost of lies. 'I defy anyone to put it down' Sarah Lotz 'The highlight of my year's reading so far' James Oswald 'A strong debut from someone who's clearly got what it takes' Peter F. Hamilton Zusammenfassung To save her twin! she must take her identity One night Tila stumbles home! terrified and covered in blood. She's then arrested for murder! the first by a civilian in decades. The San Francisco police suspect involvement with Verve! a powerful drug! and offer her twin sister Taema a chilling deal. Taema must assume Tila's identity and gather information to bring down the drug syndicate. The police may then let her sister live. However! Taema's investigation raises ghosts from the twins' past. The sisters were raised by a cult! which banned modern medicine - yet as conjoined twins! they needed life-saving surgery to replace their failing heart. And with help from co-conspirators! they escaped. Taema now discovers that Tila had found links between the cult and the city's criminal underworld. The twins were once unable to keep secrets! but will learn the true cost of lies. ...
