One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby
lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police
trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-
defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For
veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-
shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter?
AND HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO . . .
As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic
statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must
partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the
blue wall of police brotherhood, seeking to understand the
inner workings of a trooper’s mind while also unearthing
family secrets. Would a trained police officer truly shoot
her own husband? And would a mother harm her own child?
. . . TO SAVE HER?
For Tessa Leoni, the worst has not yet happened. She is
walking a tightrope, with nowhere to turn, no one to
trust, as the clock ticks down to a terrifying deadline.
She has one goal in sight, and she will use every ounce of
her training, every trick at her disposal, to do what must
be done. No sacrifice is too great, no action unthinkable.
A mother knows who she loves. And all others will be made
to pay.