WINNER OF THE eDUNNIT AWARD

'Intriguing premise, stunning reveal, irresistible read.' VAL McDERMID

'A satisfying mystery' ALEX MARWOOD

'Engrossing, suspenseful and substantial.' SCOTT TUROW

In an acclaimed modern twist on To Kill a Mockingbird, Laura Lippman once again proves herself to be one of crime writing's most thrilling reads.

Luisa Brant has just been elected State's Attorney, a job her revered father once held, and is prosecuting her first murder, by a homeless man on a woman to whom he had seemingly no connection. However, as Luisa investigates, she is startled to learn that this murder might have its roots in a violent event in the past involving her own family. And that maybe no one - her precious father, her brother, her late mother - is quite who she thought. ..