-- The Girl Before -- New York Times Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss. She is a miracle of science. But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband's motives-and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together forever? And what -- -C. J. Tudor, author of The Chalk Man "A tour de force . . . The Perfect Wife-Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home