Nine years after he left Shilo, New Hampshire, former Navy SEAL Tom
Hawkins has moved back. It's not an auspicious homecoming. Tom has
returned to raise his teenage daughter, Jill, following the murder of
his ex-wife, Kelly. Despite Tom's efforts to stay close to Jill by
coaching her high school soccer team, Kelly's bitterness fractured their
relationship. But together, they are on the mend, and life in Shilo is
starting to shape up into something approaching normal.
Normal doesn't last long. Shilo's police sergeant makes it clear that
Tom is his chief suspect in Kelly's death. In the days that follow, an
anonymous blog post alleges that Coach Hawkins is sleeping with one of
his players, Internet rumors escalate, and incriminating evidence
surfaces on Tom's own computer and cell phone. Soon the FBI and police
are investigating Tom for what appears to be a very disturbing and
unprecedented series of crimes.
Someone is out to frame Tom--someone capable of destroying everything he
loves without laying a finger on him. As he races to prove his
innocence, he must unravel a tangle of lies about his family, the
friends and colleagues he thought he knew, and about his past. For deep
amid the secrets he's been keeping--from a troubled tour of duty to the
reason for his ex-wife's death--is the truth that someone will gladly
kill to protect....
