One Last Kiss Author:Judith Kelman The papers dubbed beautiful Thea Harper Westport a Black Widow. They said she lured Senator Simon Gallatin to her home for a night of deadly passion. But psychiatrists insisted it was a short circuit of the mind, a rare seizure disorder, that had unleashed Thea's murderous rage. Now, even af... more »ter the trial, the gruesome testimony of detectives and forensic specialists, Thea can't remember the terrifying moment when she struck Simon down . . . only its hideous aftermath: the torrent of blood, the broken corpse, the cold steel bite of the handcuffs as the police led her away. After six months in a posh Connecticut mental hospital, Thea is back home with her daughter, eager to make a new start. If only the community would let her forget . . . if only the chief of police wasn't after her . . . if only the senator's mother wasn't vowing revenge. And if only Thea could be sure she's really been cured. For soon the killing begins again. And once more Thea can't remember . . . even when she wakes up with her hands stained with blood.« less
After coming out of a mental institution for being convicted of murder, Thea still can't remember the murder they said she committed. As she tries to get her life back on track with her daughter, Gabby, murders once again start happening and Thea has weird dreams about them. Starting to question her sanity again, being watch closely by the police, and being stalked by the press, things start to unravel out of control.
This book has some surprising twists, a tiny bit of bloody gore to justify the murder scenes, and the teensyest bit of potential romance. A pretty good read from Judith Kelman.