Publisher's Synopsis
"Recommended for all fiction collections." - LIBRARY JOURNAL "Parker has only one rival - Thomas Harris." - WASHINGTON POST A beautiful young woman lies dead in her bathroom. Her husband - a promising young cop named Archie Wildcraft - is found shot in the head but still alive. It looks like an attempted murder/suicide, but something tells Detective Merci Rayborn that there's more to the story. When the suspect vanishes from his hospital bed, he draws Merci into a manhunt that leaves the entire department questioning her judgment. Is Archie's flight the act of a ruined mind, or a faithful heart? Is his account of the fateful night a half-formed memory, or careful manipulation? Merci and Wildcraft head for a collision in a dizzying succession of cryptic clues, terrifying secrets, and painful truths.
