In Portland, Oregon, the wives of several prominent businessmen have disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only a black rose and a note with a simple message: βGone, But Not Forgotten.β
An identical series of disappearances occurred in Hunterβs Point, New York, ten years agoβbut the killer was caught, the case was closed and the special βrose killerβ task force was disbanded.
Betsy Tannenbaum, a Portland wife and mother who has gained national recognition as a feminist defense attorney, is retained by multimillionaire Portland developer Martin Dariusβfor no apparent reason.
Nancy Gordon, a homicide detective for the Hunterβs Point Police Department and an original member of the βrose killerβ task force, hasnβt slept a full night in ten years, haunted by nightmares of a sadistic killer who, she swears, is still out there. . .
Alan Page, the Portland district attorney, trying to make sense of the sudden series of disappearances, opens his front door one evening to find Nancy Gordon on his doorstepβdetermined to tell him a story he wonβt soon forget.
Across the country, in Washington, D.C., the President of the United States has just selected United States Senator Raymond Colby to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In a private meeting, Colby assures the President there are no skeletons in his closet.
Complex, utterly compelling, and brilliantly executed, GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN is a book that truly lives up to its extraordinary advance praise: Once begun it simply cannot be put down.
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