A heart-pounding novel of unspeakable crimes and unforgivable sins
from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sound of
Rain.
Homicide detective Nicole Foster has finally balanced an unsteady life
and is anxious for a second chance. There's no better place to start
over than at the beginning--back at her childhood home on the Washington
coast, where's she raising her niece and keeping an eye on her
increasingly fragile father. But Nicole's past is never truly behind
her--not when a disturbing new case stirs dark memories of the haunting
investigation that shattered her career.
In the middle of the hottest August in a century, a toddler is found
dead inside a parked car. Her father says he forgot her. It's an
unthinkable crime. And for Nicole, it's made all the more unbearable by
her own suffocating secrets--those shared by an old rival who has
reappeared from the shadows and is pushing Nicole to the edge once
again.
Now, wherever the truth lies, solving this case and avenging an
unforgivable death is the most important move in Nicole's career. But to
see it through to the end, how far is she willing to go? And what is she
prepared to risk this time?