In this riveting prequel to her novel Little Mercies, New York
Timesbestselling author Heather Gudenkauf explores how even the
smallest lies can have far-reaching consequences.
When the body of a woman is discovered in a local park--with her
bewildered four-year-old son sitting beside her--veteran social worker
Ellen Moore is called in to assist in the police investigation.
Positioned beneath a statue of Leto, the goddess of motherhood, the
crime is weighted with meaning and, Ellen discovers, remarkably similar
to one from a decade past.
Ellen's professional duty is to protect the child, but she's not
equipped to contend with a killer. As she races to connect the dots, she
knows her time is running out. And the stakes are high: if she fails,
another mother is sure to make the ultimate sacrifice.