"A CLASSIC DETECTIVE STORY."
-The New York Times Book Review
The outside man is society lawyer Adam Shaw. A northerner in a southern town jealous of its secrets, he finds the dead body of his best friend's wealthy wife and his friend is missing.
"EXCEPTIONAL."
The Washington Post
In a world where wealthy people will stop at nothing to maintain a genteel image, Shaw must gamble his career, his marriage, and his very life in a passionate quest for the real murderer-and learn the shocking truth about his own past and future...
"RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON SEEMS DESTINED FOR CELEBRITY STATUS, alongside Scott Turow and John Grisham, as an acknowledged master."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review