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Andy Barber's job is to put killers behind bars. So when a boy from his son Jacob's school is found stabbed to death, Andy is doubly determined to find and prosecute the perpetrator. Until a crucial piece of evidence turns up linking Jacob to the murder.

One afternoon in November 1975, ten-year-old Miranda Larkin comes home from school to find her house eerily quiet. Her mother is missing. Nothing else is out of place. There is no sign of struggle. Her mom’s pocketbook remains in the front hall, in its usual spot. So begins a mystery that will span a lifetime. What happened to Jane Larkin? Investigators suspect Jane’s husband. A criminal defense attorney, Dan Larkin would surely be an expert in outfoxing the police.

Ben Truman is Chief of Police in Versailles, Maine. Nothing ever happens in Versailles, Maine, unless you count the occasional drunk taking pot shots at streetlights. Then a body is found in a cabin up by the lake. The dead man turns out to be from the Boston DA’s office, a prosecutor who had been investigating a series of gang-related murders in that city. Ben Truman heads down to Boston to follow the few fragile leads he has in the case.

Vicestatsadvokaten, den velansete Andy Barber, som bor i Newton, Massachusetts, med sin kone, Laurie og deres 14-årige søn Jacob, bliver stillet over for sit livs mareridt, da den 14-årige Ben Rifken findes brutalt myrdet i byens park. Andy er overbevist om, at en lokal børnemishandler er den skyldige, men da internetanklager og uomstødelige beviser peger i retning af Andys egen søn, Jacob, tager sagen en uventet drejning.