Publisher's Synopsis
"Elkins is a master." DALLAS MORNING NEWS "An outstanding novel." BOOKLIST Pete Simon's all-American life was everything he ever wished for: a good home, a satisfying career, and his marriage still strong after nearly twenty years. But in the days following John F. Kennedy's assassination, everything is about to change. A stranger, ranting madly, appears at Pete's door. Only when the man has gone does Pete's distraught wife, Lily, tell him the truth: he was her father, whom she had claimed died long ago. The next day the man is dead, his savagely beaten body washed up in a nearby marsh - and Lily disappears, leaving a note begging Pete not to follow her. But Pete is devastated and sets out on a twisted and perilous journey to find her...
