Starts with girl escaping her captor. Then a pathologist examines a mysterious body found floating in the bay--drowned or murdered. "Saved" girl appears on TV show. Happy ending, but . . . the abductor took another girl as well, and that girl was never found. Flashback to high school. Nicole--the girl not found--is on the wild side. The "found" girl is more conventional. Twists. 1) the pathologist, Olivia, is the sister of the girl (Nicole) not found. 2) the dead "floater" is a drifter who had been dating Nicole. Pretty good so far, though there's a Chick Lit side that I could do without.
Excellent start . . . orphaned girl with a knack for chess, taught by janitor, harsh orphanage despite its courtly look.
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