A new murder case with ties to a convicted serial killer leads Detective Ellie Hatcher into a twisting investigation with explosive and deadly results in this superb mystery from the “terrific web spinner” (Entertainment Weekly) Alafair Burke.

When psychotherapist Helen Brunswick is murdered in her Park Slope office, the complete city suspects her estranged husband-until the Region Attorney’s workplace receives an anonymous letter. The letter’s writer knows a chilling detail that police have kept about ALL DAY LONG and a Evening: A Novel of Suspense top secret: the victim’s bones were broken after she was killed. Her injuries were eerily like the signature used two decades previously by Anthony Amaro, a serial killer providing a life phrase for his offences. Now, Amaro can be asking to become released from prison, arguing that he was wrongly convicted, and that the true killer continues to be for the loose.

NYPD Detectives Ellie Hatcher and JJ Rogan are tapped seeing that the “fresh appearance” group to reassess the initial investigation that led to Amaro’s conviction. The case pits them against both their fellow officers and a hard-charging celebrity defense lawyer with a associate named Carrie Empty, whose older sister was among Amaro’s victims.

As the NYPD and Amaro’s lawyers search for certainty among conflicting proof, their investigations take them back to Carrie’s hometown, where secrets buried way back when result in a brutal attack-one that makes it terrifyingly very clear that someone has gotten too close to the truth.