title: Diagnosis Murder #5: The Past Tense
author:  Lee Goldberg 
description: "The latestand arguably the bestoriginal mystery based on the popular Dick Van Dyke TV series..." -- <i>Chicago Tribune, August 7, 2005</i>
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  JAMES RICE
  
  
  AFTER HE KILLED HER
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2012 James Rice
  
  
  
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [After He Killed Her](part0000_split_000.html#dov)
  
  
  * [A sample chapter from I Saw What You Did](part0000_split_017.html#isaw)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  AFTER HE KILLED HER
  
  
  
  
  
  Description
  
  
  First, he murdered his wife.
  
  
  Then he lost his memory.
  
  
  Now he has to remember where he buried the body or his in-laws will kill him.
  
  
  "Dear Frank, I know you killed your wife, and I can prove it..."  
  After receiving this note, Frank Fowler, a man suffering from amnesia, begins
  to suspect he may have murdered his wife Kelly, who vanished three days before
  he lost his memory. The bad news is Kelly's family has the same suspicions and
  will stop at nothing to make him remember what he has done to their beloved
  sister and where he buried her body.
  
  
  Frank's search for answers becomes a fight for survival after he recalls that
  his wi