The Femme Fatale Hypothesis

More accurately a love triptych than triangle, "The Femme Fatale Hypothesis" is the story of one spring when three people form intimate bonds forged in the fires of their respective tribulations. As Rose Geddes's lung cancer progresses toward its inexorable end and her husband's ability to care for her diminishes, their widowed neighbor, June Danhill, stumbles into the middle of their intersecting crises. June's only son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren have recently moved to the west coast. She embraces the opportunity to distract herself from her loneliness by helping to care for the Geddes. It isn't long before June realizes that Rose wants more from her than she is willing to give. Love and loss, family secrets, a long-forgotten keepsake, and the sexual cannibalism of the false garden mantid all fuel this dark drama that tests the thin line between mercy and murder. -- back cover.