It's hard to imagine that a heroine who commits a crime by stealing the identity of a dead woman could be considered heroic. When the justice systems fails Shannon Mulligan, she takes desperate measures to ecape her ex-husband who is stalking her--not knowing that the woman whose identity she's stolen has been murdered. And completely unaware that the man she's just hired is the murdered woman's husband. He's also a cop. Falling in love with Mary Calder's husband is impossible. Especially when they both know she's guilty of fraud.

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A former private investigator, Joyce Sullivan has a degree in criminal justice and has been weaving stories combining mystery and romance for the Harlequin Intrigue line since her first book was published in 1995. A transplanted American, she makes her home near Ottawa, Canada.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Identity thief winds up stealing a heart as well., April 16 2002

By	Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Shannon Mulligan, hiding from an abusive and obsessed husband, has gone underground and tried to start a new life as a woman named Mary Calder. What Shannon has no way of knowing though is that Mary Calder is dead, brutally murdered, and that the late woman's husband Luke, a police officer, has his wife's accounts flagged for attempted fraud. When Shannon tries for a bank loan using Mary's name and credit history the warning flags go up and Luke sneaks in undercover to see if the woman using his wife's name knows anything about her murder. Things get complicated when these two people with something to hide feel a fierce attraction to one another.

In His Wife's Name is a romantic suspense tale that emphasizes the romance over the suspense for most of the novel's storyline. Not surprising, considering this is a romance novel, but I felt the mystery lacked a certain sizzle, though it did kick into high gear in the last quarter and my hands were as good as glued to the cover until I reached the end, so the book is far from a pedestrian outing. Recommended.

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