Dutton
January 2011
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Featuring: Anna Leone; Tony Mendez
400 pages ISBN: 052595192X EAN: 9780525951926 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Marissa Fordham had a past full of secrets, a present full
of lies. Everyone knew of her, but no one knew her. When
Marissa is found brutally murdered, with her young
daughter, Haley, resting her head on her mother's bloody
breast, she sends the idyllic California town of Oak Knoll
into a tailspin. Already on edge with the upcoming trial
of the See- No-Evil killer, residents are shocked by
reports of the crime scene, which might not have been
discovered for days had it not been for a chilling 911
call: a small child's voice saying, "My daddy hurt my
mommy." Sheriff's detective Tony Mendez faces a puzzle
with nothing but pieces that won't fit. To assist with his
witness, Haley, he calls teacher-turned-child advocate
Anne Leone. Anne's life is hectic enough-she's a newlywed
and a part- time student in child psychology, and she's
the star witness in the See-No-Evil trial. But one look at
Haley, alone and terrified, and Anne's heart is stolen. As
Tony and Anne begin to peel back the layers of Marissa
Fordham's life, they find a clue fragment here, another
there. And just when it seems Marissa has taken her
secrets to the grave, they uncover a fact that puts Anne
and Haley directly in the sights of a killer: Marissa
Fordham never existed.
A four-year-old girl is the sole witness to her mother's brutal murder.
