A new murder case with ties to a convicted serial killer leads Detective
Ellie Hatcher into a twisting investigation with explosive and deadly
results in this superb mystery from the "terrific web spinner"
(Entertainment Weekly) Alafair Burke.
When psychotherapist Helen Brunswick is murdered in her Park Slope
office, the entire city suspects her estranged husband--until the
District Attorney's office receives an anonymous letter. The letter's
author knows a chilling detail that police have kept secret: the
victim's bones were broken after she was killed. Her injuries were
eerily similar to the signature used twenty years earlier by Anthony
Amaro, a serial killer serving a life sentence for his crimes. Now,
Amaro is asking to be released from prison, arguing that he was wrongly
convicted, and that the true killer is still on the loose.
NYPD Detectives Ellie Hatcher and JJ Rogan are tapped as the "fresh
look" team to reassess the original investigation that led to Amaro's
conviction. The case pits them against both their fellow officers and a
hard-charging celebrity defense lawyer with a young associate named
Carrie Blank, whose older sister was one of Amaro's victims.
As the NYPD and Amaro's lawyers search for certainty among conflicting
evidence, their investigations take them back to Carrie's hometown,
where secrets buried long ago lead to a brutal attack--one that makes it
terrifyingly clear that someone has gotten too close to the truth.
