Book description
Twenty-six years ago, when she was only three months old, Jody Linder's
father was murdered as she slept in her cot. Her mother vanished,
presumed dead. Local trouble-maker Billy Crosby confessed to the murder
and was locked up, leaving his wife and son to face the consequences in
the small Kansas town of Rose. But his son Collin, now a lawyer, has
successfully petitioned for a retrial, which means that - for now -
Billy is back in town. Jody is horrified - the man who tore her family
apart is living just a few streets away. So why does she find herself
wondering if Collin is right? What if Billy was innocent, and her
close-knit family has been hiding a terrible secret all these years?
Haunting and powerful, this is Nancy Pickard's finest achievement to
date.
