Kristen Kroiter was a 16 year old high-school sophomore, when she was injured in a car accident. Dr. Ted Cogan had saved her life when he treated her in the ER six months ago-but now police detectives are questioning Cogan about her, in intimate detail. Shortly before hanging herself from a showerhead, Kristen wrote in her diary about having sex with the 43-year-old Ted Cogan, a senior trauma surgeon reputed to be a playboy.
Tense and twisting, Knife Music is the story of a doctor struggling to clear his name after being accused of raping Kristen and causing her suicide. The novel pits Cogan against Hank Madden, a handicapped veteran detective. From the outset it's not clear who is victim and who is victimiser, as the usually dispassionate Madden grapples with his long-suppressed prejudices and his obsession with bringing Ted Cogan to justice at any cost. It all leads up to the most stunning surprise ending since Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent.
‘Carnoy's debut is gripping, suspenseful, totally believable--and shockingly good.’ NYT bestselling author Harlan Coben.
