An Unexpected VisitorWhen Boston lawyer Brady Coyne takes his girlfriend Evie up to Cape Cod for a romantic weekend getaway, the last thing he expects to find in the driveway of their secluded cottage is the body of her murdered ex.A Bizarre Disappearance But when police declare her a chief suspect in the murder, Evie disappears without a trace, leaving Brady to face skeptical small-town cops. Watched at every turn, he goes looking for his girl, knowing he has to find the real killer if he ever hopes to clear Evie's name and save his own reputation.A Dark SecretMore corpses surface as Brady races against the clock to find the truth, taking him closer and closer to a deadly secret from the past-and a twisted killer..."If you haven't made a pilgrimage [to read Tapply] lately, Past Tense is a fine place to plunge back in. There's a wonderfully sexy woman...named Evie with a past that would make Ross Macdonald drool; a Cape Cod setting so richly evoked you can taste the shepherd's pie in the local diner; and above all, Tapply's always-wise, never-cynical hero." -Chicago Tribune