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Seventeen-year-old Grace Adams goes into shock when she witnesses her mother's murder just outside her home in remote northern Montana. Eleven years earlier Grace's mom had skipped town during the tumultuous aftermath of a still-unsolved grisly sex trafficking murder case. No one understands why she came back, or what Grace knows. Grace struggles to recover, aided by an honest state detective named Macy Greeley, who's been dispatched to run the investigation. Macy, eight months pregnant, worked the earlier case and believes the death of Grace's mother is tied to that unsolved cold case. An increasingly desperate killer strikes again, attempting to get to Grace. With readers privy to Grace's secrets, the suspense meter spikes dramatically. If only clever Macy can connect the dots before she goes into labor. VERDICT This complicated, peel-away-layers debut procedural intoxicates from the opening page and has word-of-mouth selling power. To the fine roster of pregnant protagonists (Elly Gri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More