Deborah Coonts

In Deborah Coonts's standalone novel "After Me," former NYPD undercover cop Kate Sawyer, now living in Portland under Witness Protection, struggles with early-onset Alzheimer's treated by experimental stem-cell therapy. She holds crucial information about twenty million dollars in missing diamonds from a failed takedown operation. When Kate discovers a dead man in her bathtub with a note revealing her past, her cover is blown, forcing her to flee as shadowy figures pursue her. Haunted by fragmented memories, some of which she doubts are her own, Kate races against time to unravel the mystery and stop the killings of those close to her. As she navigates her foggy past, Kate realizes that no one, possibly not even herself, is who they seem.