An entire family dies in a terrible house fire, their bodies burned beyond recognition. A business man with financial problems commits suicide after killing his family, his wife's face unrecognizable. Another family is murdered during a burglary of their home, the wife's face again disfigured. These tragic events occur in different places, but all have details in common. Each man had recently remarried after his first wife had committed suicide, and the new wives faces have been mutilated. Are these families personally connected in some way? Or is there another bizarre reason why this is happening?

When Stephanie Coburn's sister took her own life, Stephanie was devastated and confused. She knew her sister was happy and would never leave her family in that way. Stephanie is further shocked when her brother-in-law, his new wife and the children are brutally killed in what looks like a home invasion. As an airline pilot, Stephanie is gone a lot. She'd never met the new woman in his life and had only seen a blurry side-profile photo of her, so cannot positively identify the dead woman with the mutilated face.

Knowing that something is not right about the deaths of her sister and her family, Stephanie tries to get the police to investigate. However, without any kind of proof, they can't pursue it, even when Stephanie finds other similar cases of deaths. Discovering that one of these other victims has a surviving teenage son, Stephanie approaches him with her unusual theory. Though hard to convince at first, he soon becomes her ally and starts looking into his family's past and how it might tie in with the other families. What these two intrepid sleuths eventually uncover is almost beyond belief and puts both of their lives in danger, as well.

In TELL ME YOU'RE SORRY, Kevin O'Brien explores the darkness of a malevolent mind as the scare factor is elevated to the limit. With expert consideration to detail and precise characterization, O'Brien grabs our attention and keeps us rapidly turning pages to find out what comes next. TELL ME YOU'RE SORRY is thrilling suspense at its very best, and I'm looking for more books to read by master storyteller Kevin O'Brien.

Book Summary

A family is wiped out after a burglary gone wrong. An executive accused of embezzling kills himself and his loved ones. A house fire claims the lives of all its inhabitants. Separate incidents with two common threads — a first wife who took her own life, and a secret the victims took to their graves.

Stephanie Coburn has barely recovered from her sister's mysterious suicide before her brother-in-law and his new wife are murdered, her face disfigured beyond recognition. Stephanie never met the bride, has never even seen a clear photograph. But she knew her sister, and she knows something is desperately wrong.

The police won't listen. Her only ally is another victim's son. Step-by-step, they're uncovering a trail of brutal vengeance and a killer who will never relent — and whose forgiveness can only be earned in death.