interesting mystery @ doctor + stalker — mother wants to be her?

Beautiful doctor Peyton Shields seems to have it all, but her world is shaken after a late-night car accident nearly kills her. She thinks it was intentional, but no one, not even her husband, believes her. Now with her marriage being tested, she confronts a stalker who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

This was a very well written mystery of love of; work, family, marriage with deception of all of them thrown into the mix. Peyton Shields is a 1st year residency in pediatric medicine at Children's Hospital in Boston with her husband, Kevin Strokes being a lawyer. Peyton has feelings that someone is obsessed with her, during a drive home from work one night in a snow strom, someone drives head on at her, she attempts to avoid the crash, looses control and crashes into a pond, up to her waist in water. She's unconscious and badly injuried, but someone removes her from her car before she drowns and disappears, is this a "Good Samaritan" or does this a person have some other motives. Shortly after being released from the hospital strange things start happening, the 1st thing was a surprise birthday party for her at the hospital with fellow co-workers with Peyton dancing with this "mine." She became interested on who knew that it was her birthday and who organized it, only to become aware that nobody has a clue to who organized her party or hired the "mine." Now the cat and mouse game takes off, in this most enjoyable novel. ( )

A first read by this author for me. A good and scary psychological thriller - read it very quickly.

Back Cover Blurb:
Peyton Shields' nightmare begins one icy winter night when, as she is driving home from the hospital where she works as a pediatric intern, she is run off the road. She suspects it was no accident, as she fears she's being stalked. But no one believes her, not even her husband, Kevin Stokes. He thinks she's being paranoid - and the police think she's cracking under stress. After Kevin accuses her of having an affair with an ex-boyfriend, Peyton begins to wonder if her jealous husband might be the one who wants her dead....
As Peyton quickly learns, the only person she can count on is herself. And without anyone to trust, she realizes she's in more danger than she could ever imagine. ( )

VERY GOOD

Not as good as James Grippando's other books, but it uses the same formula - someone framed for a murder he/she did not commit. ( )