A shocking murder carries echoes of the past for a psychologist in a
startling novel of suspense by a Washington Post and Amazon Charts
bestselling author.
Psychologist and criminologist Dr. Gretchen White is a specialist in
antisocial personality disorders and violent crimes. She's helped solve
enough prominent cases for detective Patrick Shaughnessy that her own
history is often overlooked: Gretchen is an admitted sociopath once
suspected of killing her aunt. Shaughnessy still thinks Gretchen got
away with murder. It's not going to happen again.
When a high-profile new case lands on Shaughnessy's desk, it seems open
and shut. Remorseless teenager Viola Kent is accused of killing her
mother. Amid stories of childhood horrors and Viola's cruel
manipulations, the bad seed has already been found guilty by a rapt
public. But Gretchen might be seeing something in Viola no one else
does: herself.
If Viola is a scapegoat, then who really did it? And what are they
hiding? To find the truth, Gretchen must enter a void that is not only
dark and cold-blooded, but also frighteningly familiar.