Faye Kellerman

Detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus return to LosAngeles when a kidnapping hits close to home-in this breathtaking new thrillerfrom New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman. Peter andhis partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, are thrown into an unsolved case andpropelled into action when a body is found in the very woods where a manpreviously went missing in upstate New York. But that'snot the only crisis that Peter has to deal with.
TeresaMcLaughlin, the biological mother of Peter and his wife Rina's foster son, Gabe, has fled to Los Angeles with her two children in tow, hoping to avoid acourt injunction amid a messy divorce. But LA is no escape from her problems-sheis found by ruthless men and beaten mercilessly. When she wakes, barelyconscious, Teresa discovers that both of her children are gone and franticallycalls Gabe for help.
With hismother on the verge of death, Gabe contacts Peter and Rina, as well as hisbiological father, the notorious Christopher Donatti, a former hit man from aknown criminal family who's now a millionaire in Nevada. By bringing Donattiinto the fray, Gabe, Peter, and Rina know they have made a deal with the devil-butthey may not be able to recover the kids without him. As theseunlikely allies rally to find the kidnappers before things end tragically, theyrace headlong toward an explosive confrontation from which no one will emerge unscathed...