Publisher's Synopsis
Childhood sweethearts William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both have a strong sense of right and wrong. This is what their son, clinical psychologist and recent widower Joe O'Loughlin, has always believed. But when Joe is summoned to the hospital with news that his father has been brutally attacked, his world is turned upside down. Who is the strange woman crying at William's bedside, covered in his blood - a friend, a mistress, a fantasist, or a killer? Against the advice of the police, Joe launches his own investigation with the help of good friend and ex-policeman Vincent Ruiz. As he learns more, he discovers sides to his father he never knew - and is forcibly reminded that the truth comes at a price.
