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An Amazon Charts bestseller.
It takes more than a lie to hide the dark secrets of this picture-perfect family.
When the granddaughter of one of Florida's 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 Charlotte's situation, Alice is reluctant to cast any blame. Her gut instincts tell her that Charlotte's anguish is rooted in something else--somewhere too dark for the truth to be seen. And Alice believes that it's hiding behind the facade of the illustrious and guarded Burke mansion.
But uncovering Charlotte's past comes with a risk. For Alice's own life is becoming entangled in the secrets and lies of the picture-perfect family--an image that is about to be shattered in so many unexpected ways.
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Publisher's Weekly Review
In this excellent thriller from Labuskes (It Ends with Her), Det. Alice Garner investigates the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Ruby Burke, "a beautiful strawberry-headed cherub with bright blue eyes" and granddaughter of "Judge Sterling Burke, St. Petersburg's reigning king." Recently transferred from Washington D.C., Alice thinks of St. Petersburg, Fla., "as Tampa's strange, alcoholic cousin," and is unimpressed by the power wielded by the Burke clan. Meanwhile, her partner, Detective Nakamura, suggests that she step down as lead officer because the murder hits too close to home: five years earlier, Alice's young daughter was murdered. Alice refuses to do so, though memories of her own child and the way the police handled that case affect how she proceeds in the present case. She soon discovers that the Burke family is a "nest of vipers desperate to sink poisonous fangs into one another." Labuskes keeps the question of who kidnapped Ruby a genuine mystery until the final pages. Readers who enjoy having their expectations upset will be richly rewarded. Agent: Abby Saul, Lark Group. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
