From Mary Higgins Clark, Americaโs bestselling โQueen of Suspense,โ comes a chilling story of murder that reaches the heights of suspense while exploring the depths of the criminal mind as one woman searches for the killer of her sisterโand one man tries to prove his innocence.
Ellie Cavanaugh was seven years old when her older sister was murdered near their home in New Yorkโs Westchester County. It was young Ellieโs tearful testimony that put Rob Westerfield, the nineteen-year-old scion of a prominent family, in jail despite the existence of two other viable suspects. Twenty-two years later, Westerfield, who maintains his innocence, is paroled. Determined to thwart his attempts to pin the crime on another, Ellie, an investigative reporter for an Atlanta newspaper, returns home and starts writing a book that will conclusively prove Westerfieldโs guilt. As she delves deeper into her research, however, she uncovers horrifying facts that shed new light on her sisterโs murder. With each discovery she comes closer to a confrontation with a desperate killer.