“It is always a joy to discover a new crime writer with a sure touch and the capacity to shock.”—Peter Lovesey
“Priscilla Masters is fast establishing herself as a highly regarded novelist in the detective story genre.”—Staffordshire Evening Sentinel
During a New Year’s Eve party, Dr. Harriet Lamont is called to the house of an old man. As he is taken to the hospital, he begs Harriet to discover what happened to his six-year-old granddaughter, who vanished a decade earlier. Soon Harriet suspects her threatening patient is the killer, and she may be the next victim.
