Myron Bolitar hasnt heard from Terese Collins since their torrid affair ended ten years ago, so her desperate phone call from Paris catches him completely off guard. In a shattering admission, Terese reveals the tragic story behind her disappearanceher struggles to get pregnant, the greatest moment of her life when her baby was bornand the fatal accident that robbed her of it all: her marriage, her happiness, and her beloved only daughter.
Now a suspect in the murder of her ex-husband in Paris, Terese has nowhere else to turn for help. Myron heeds the call. But then a startling piece of evidence turns the entire case upside down, laying bare Tereses long-buried family secretsand the very real possibility that her daughter may still be alive.
In grave danger from unknown assailants in a country where nothing is as it seems, Myron and Terese race to stay a step ahead of Homeland Security, Interpol, and Mossad. Soon they are working at breakneck pace not only to learn what really happened to Tereses long-lost little girlbut to uncover a sinister plot with shocking global implications.
[A] compulsive page-turner. The this could be me factor lends poignancy to the thrills and chills. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
[Cobens] genius is to make the seemingly mundane terrifying. Booklist (starred review)
