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The phone rang and Maggie snagged the receiver, half-expecting to hear from her daughter. Instead, it was Detective Henderson.

“Sorry to be calling so late, but I thought you’d want to know,” he said, and Maggie experienced the cold fingers of dread crawling up her spine. Her hand clenched the receiver in a tight grip. “It’s about your sister.”

“What?”

“Well, we’re starting to think that your sister’s Jeep might have been forced off the road.”

“What do you mean?” she whispered, questions rushing through her head. “Are you saying someone intentionally tried to kill her?”

“Don’t know for sure. Could be. Could have just been an accident or road rage or, yes, it could be someone who wanted to harm her.”

“Dear God.” Maggie’s soul turned to ice.

“As I said, it might have been a hit-and-run accident where the driver panicked—”

“But that’s unlikely.”

“Or a coincidence.”

Maggie’s voice sounded far away even to her own ears. “Come on, Detective. Neither you nor I believe in coincidence. The most likely scenario is that someone tried to kill my twin sister…”