Despite all her years determining the fates of families, veteran family court judge Hope Willis couldnβt save her own. If only sheβd turned her head, she would have seen the car containing her daughter, struggling to get out.
Now sheβs frantically grasping at any hope for Krissyβs rescue. Her husband dead-set against it, she calls Casey Woods and her team of renegade investigators, Forensic Instincts. A behaviorist. A techno-wizard. An intuitive. A former Navy SEAL. Unconventional operatives. All with unique talents, skills and personal reasons for being part of Caseyβs team, theyβll do whatever it takes.
Able to accurately read people after the briefest of encounters, Casey leads her team to Krissyβs home. There she picks up the signs of a nervous spouse, a guilty conscience, a nanny that hides on her cell. She watches as secrets beg to creep into the open.
Forensic Instincts will dig through each tiny clue and eliminate the clutter. But time is running out, and even working around the clock, the authorities are bound by the legal system. Not so Caseyβs team. For they know that the difference between bringing Krissy back alive and disappearing forever could be as small as a suspectβs rapid breathing, or as deep as Hopeβs dark family history.
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