We are all the heroes of our own stories … but what if we’re wrong? A deliciously chilling novel that keeps you guessing until the very last page. Richard Lyons knows his story. He is a good man--a good husband, a good provider, a good father. When he finds himself in the hospital--unable to speak and open his eyes, but able to hear those around him--he’s desperate to awaken. Desperate to return to the life he remembers with his wife, Clarissa, and son, Andrew. Only his life now doesn’t seem to fit. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle that he can’t quite piece together. The nurses wonder aloud why Clarissa visits given what Richard did; Andrew never comes; and the police investigating whatever put Richard in the hospital leave him with more questions than answers. Richard knows putting together the pieces of his memory are the key to waking up. As flashes of life come back to him, Richard sees the life he thought he knew fade away after a shocking revelation about Andrew. In the aftermath, Richard does things that don’t fit his image of himself. More snippets of his past come back to him, and Richard begins to wonder which will be worse: never knowing what happened or remembering the whole story ... If you enjoy taut, psychological suspense that peels away layer after layer of tantalizing detail and keeps you guessing until the very end, then you’ll love What He Deserved. Grab this stand-alone novel right now!