As prosecutor Ellen North prepares to try the man arrested for the abduction of little Josh Kirkwood in the small hamlet of Deer Lake, Minnesota, she confronts the sensation-driven news media, an old lover who has become a defense attorney, an unwanted pa
This sequel takes up at the trial of the child abductor who was captured in the novel "Night Sins." The protagonist is Ellen North, prosecutor for the case and a recent arrival from the Twin Cities. Her situation is complicated by the fact that the defense attorney, Tony Costello, is her former lover. Furthermore, she has a growing attraction to the "true-crime" novelist who is working on a book about the case.
- Genre: Mystery + Crime, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Action + Thrillers, Lawyer, Legal + Courtroom + Crime, Romantic
- Publisher: Bantam Books
- Pages: 590
- Edition: Reissue
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: February 1, 1997
- Date Published: February 1, 1997
- Author: Tami Hoag