Tess, who runs a charity that focuses on trying to help those wrongly convicted of crimes, gets her newest case: Carrie, charged with the brutal murder of her husband’s mistress. Carrie has maintained her innocence for three years, and she wants nothing more than to be released to be with her pregnant daughter.

The case brings Tess back to the hometown she’s strictly avoided, for reasons the reader finds out during one of the novel’s many brilliant twists and turns. Is Carrie really innocent? What is Tess hiding from everyone around her? Will she find out the truth to what really happened the night of the murder? This thriller kept me hooked until the final shocking reveal!

Audience: adults | Genre: fiction