He’s as dropped as the victims he failed to find .

Eight years ago, Elliott Nash’s daughter was murdered. Since that time, everything the excellent former legal psychologist had can be a memory-his kid, his career, his wife, and his house. Today he lives within the streets around Washington, DC, with just a bottomless well of guilt and nightmares to create him feel alive. Until Amy Scowcroft solicits his help.

She refuses to think that her daughter, Lacey, who was kidnapped a year before, is dead. To the police, it’s an instance gone chilly. To Elliott, it’s redemption. In fact, Amy has stumbled upon an unnerving new clue: Lacey is just one of seven kids from broken homes who vanished near their birthdays. At this time, it’s all they have to run with. Right now, they do not know where the chase will lead.

As Elliott navigates the roads he knows thus well, he and Amy will quickly realize how dark they are-and just how many secrets they conceal. Because inside a search this harrowing, everybody offers something to cover.