"When the granddaughter of one of Floridas most powerful judges disappears, it triggers a personal trauma for Detective Alice Garner: the kidnapping and murder of her own child. As a flood of painful memories comes rushing back, Alice sees herself in the guilt-ridden and emotionally fragile mother Charlotte Burke, who has become the target of a rush to judgment. All too familiar with Charlottes situation, Alice is reluctant to cast any blame. Her gut instincts tell her that Charlottes anguish is rooted in something elsesomewhere too dark for the truth to be seen. And Alice believes that its hiding behind the facade of the illustrious and guarded Burke mansion. But uncovering Charlottes past comes with a risk. For Alices own life is becoming entangled in the secrets and lies of the picture-perfect familyan image that is about to be shattered in so many unexpected ways."--Amazon.com.
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