Members of the wedding party are starting to die. No one could believe that Thomas Beckham was the kind of man to leave a woman at the altar, but he couldn't marry his bride-to-be. Not after what he'd seen her do. His only choice was to leave and never look back--and to keep to himself everything he'd witnessed. After the wedding-that-wasn't, everyone, including Kelly Ralston, went on to other things. Or so it had always seemed. But ten years later, Kelly finds herself attending the funeral of another one of the bridesmaids--the third member of the wedding party to meet a tragic death. Kelly can't help but wonder if the deaths are a coincidence. Or are they linked? If so, who will be targeted next? Thomas Beckham may be her only chance to find the killer. Before the killer finds her...

本作の真髄は、幸福の象徴である結婚式を起点とした「祝祭の崩壊」と、十年の歳月が育んだ沈黙の重厚な描写にあります。オブライエンは、単なるミステリーの枠を超え、偽りの愛と隠蔽された罪が長い時間をかけて変質し、死という破滅へ収束していく人間の業を濃密に描き出しました。 特に、過去の目撃者たちが抱える「語られなかった真実」が、現在の恐怖へと繋がる構成は見事です。エレガントな文体の中に潜む冷徹な心理洞察は、読者を逃れられない過去の深淵へと誘います。救いか破滅か。緊迫感あふれる再会が暴く愛の残酷な側面に、誰もが心揺さぶられるでしょう。