If you haven’t read a Michael Sherer book yet, MISTAKEN IDENTITY would be a good place to start.

This is, essentially, a story of a great chase from Washington DC to Wisconsin. That description, though, it’s quite a simplification of a novel that presents itself from several different points of view, with more than one pursuit to keep track of.

Jenny, a veteran and an FBI agent put on leave for unfair reasons, is temporarily leaving her home in Washington DC for the home where she grew up in Wisconsin. Her father and brothers are all policemen, and her mother and another brother are dead. She has a husband but hasn’t seen him or her family in more than 10 years. You’ll learn snippets of her background throughout the book, but you won’t know her whole story until you get closer to the end.

Then there is Dana. She noticed that someone was stealing money from the charitable foundation she worked for, so she made copies of the files and decided to get out of town with them. This is how Dana and Jenny are on the same train. And this is where the mistaken identity begins.

Dana is a witness to a murder on the train. But the murderer, Sykes, mistakes Jenny for Dana. So, in his attempt to rid himself of the witness, he and his chauffeur chase after Jenny. Eventually, a couple of Russian thugs join the chase.

At the same time, Dana’s former boss,Toby, is after her. We learn more and more about the two of them as the chase continues.

You should know that MISTAKEN IDENTITY is the second book in a series. The first is STOLEN IDENTITY, which you may wish you had read first, although MISTAKEN IDENTITY can easily be read as a standalone.