THE PLOT
There is a saying that everyone has a double. In Maggie McKenzie’s case, the saying is not only true, but the starting point for a troubling – and deadly – mystery. Maggie has just begun her first job as a full-fledged newspaper reporter. It’s a dream come true. But soon the young journalist finds she is captivated by what should be old news – a girl who vanished years ago – who looks amazingly like her. Intrigued by what she has heard about the missing girl, Maggie takes advantage of her travels for another assignment to try to solve the mystery of Alyssa Lawson’s disappearance.
ABOUT THE BOOK
I’ve always been fascinated by the twin connection – the fact that twins who were separated at birth can have the same hair style, drive the same make of car, give their children the same names and wear the same style of clothing, though they’ve never met. And there are hundreds of documented cases where twins who grow up together have a language all their own, or can seem to know what the other is thinking and even finish their sentences.
In my research, I found several websites devoted completely to the research of this connection and other phenomenon regarding twins. Thousands of studies are being conducted yearly on twins to learn more about how this works.
I’ve also been fascinated by Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery. Being from Idaho, where they crossed through on their way to the Pacific, I was aware of many connections to the famed journey, including Sacajawea who is a local heroine. So it seemed natural to combine both interests, especially since the Bicentennial of the journey was being celebrated from 2003 to 2006 all across the nation. My husband and I followed some of the trail doing research for this book and I read the fascinating journals of Lewis and Clark. What an incredible thing they did in opening up the West for the rest of the nation to follow.
