Ryan’s second novel to feature Boston investigative reporter Jane Ryland and Detective Jake Brogan (after the prize-winning The Other Woman) has Jane responding to a former coworker’s concern that an adoption agency has misidentified her birth mother. Jake, meanwhile, is involved with what seems like a domestic murder—the bludgeoned body of a woman found in an apartment with two very young children and an empty crib. As the two investigations wend and weave toward a single conclusion, complicated by the actions of a trio of shady crime scene cleaners, Ryan smoothly manages to establish and embellish Jane’s current situation. A former TV reporter, fired for refusing to name a source, she’s now working for a second-rate newspaper while trying to keep her romantic relationship with Jake a secret. Ilyana Kadushin, an actress with the unlikely combination of Sesame Street and Grand Theft Auto IV to her credit, narrates the fast-paced yarn with a whispery, breathy vocal that intrigues, adding a touch of mystery and secret-spilling gossip to the mix.