The question confronting readers in Lisa Scottoline's new suspense novel is, "What would I do? Seek the truth or turn a blind eye?" This dilemma faces single parent and newspaper reporter Ellen Gleeson after seeing a flyer for a missing child who's a dead ringer for her three-year-old adopted son.

While covering a hospital story two years earlier, Ellen's heart went out to a gravely ill baby who seemed to have no family. An inquiry revealed that the absentee mother was eager to give him up. Following procedures, Ellen secured parental consents, paid medical bills, and legally adopted Will. Now she faces the shocking possibility that he could be another couple's kidnapped child. As Ellen moves to discover the truth, she's haunted by what she might learn, and what she will do if her worst fears are realized.

With layoffs looming and her newspaper job in jeopardy, Ellen can't afford to ignore her new assignment; but unable to concentrate on anything except Will, she puts her career on hold and plunges obsessively into a hunt for evidence. What she discovers will break her heart. It will also put her life in jeopardy, as a cold-blooded murderer with a lot to lose makes her his next target. In a story that is terrifying on many levels, Scottoline keeps the suspense high with short, fast-paced chapters and escalating tension. Her research into DNA collection, mortuary procedures, and the newspaper business is fascinating, and readers will applaud her strong, appealing heroine. They will also be astonished by the unexpected conclusion.