Book summary

The shadows of the past haunt a woman to deadly effect in this gripping work of psychological suspense. In 1980, Catherine, then a schoolgirl, was kidnapped, raped, and buried alive for a month. More than 20 years later, the threat to the adult Catherine is her unstable husband, Jimmy Gagnon, who's holding a gun on her and her sickly four-year-old son Nathan. Police sniper Bobby Dodge makes a split-second decision and kills Jimmy before he can pull the trigger. While most agree that Bobby did what he needed to do to save Catherine and Nathan's lives, others, including Jimmy's parents, think that Catherine set up Jimmy's death. As more people begin dying, it becomes apparent the genesis for the present situation is Catherine's past abduction.

Media reviews

"[T]he strength of...[Gardner's] characters keeps the pages turning."