#1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner returns with an
unpredictable thriller that puts fan favorites D. D. Warren and Flora
Dane on a shocking new case that begins with a vicious murder and gets
darker from there.
A man is dead, shot three times in his home office. But his computer has
been shot twelve times, and when the cops arrive, his pregnant wife is
holding the gun.
D. D. Warren arrives on the scene and recognizes the woman--Evie
Carter--from a case many years back. Evie's father was killed in a
shooting that was ruled an accident. But for D.D., two coincidental
murders is too many.
Flora Dane sees the murder of Conrad Carter on the TV news and
immediately knows his face. She remembers a night when she was still a
victim--a hostage--and her captor knew this man. Overcome with guilt
that she never tracked him down, Flora is now determined to learn the
truth of Conrad's murder.
But D.D. and Flora are about to discover that in this case the truth is
a devilishly elusive thing. As layer by layer they peel away the
half-truths and outright lies, they wonder: How many secrets can one
family have?