Garrick Thomas a mystery writer first meets Mara Edwards as he yearns for oblivion on the edge of a cliff outside the Caribbean asylum where they are both confined. As the killer from his bestselling novel lurks deep within his soul Garrick battles his desire to end it all. Some days Mara also a writer is Irene Dunne; other days she is Marlene Dietrich. Most days she wanders around the asylum the helpless victim of her own hallucinations. But when both patients witness a brutal fight and possibl