Abi Fisher’s long search for her abducted child leads to a young woman on Death Row mere months away from lethal injection for a crime she didn’t commit.
From the day her five-year-old was abducted, Abigail Fisher vowed never to stop looking until her daughter is safely returned. Despite multiple searches, twenty-three years have passed without a trace of Becky Ann. So when Abigail learns that death row inmate Megan Winnaker is the same age as her daughter, she can’t help but wonder if the kidnapper had Becky’s Ann’s face surgically altered to prevent identification.
Megan Winnaker maintains her innocence, but will be put to death immediately if she loses her final appeal. As Abigail launches her own investigation to determine if Megan is truly her daughter, someone wants nothing more than to stop her in her tracks. Suddenly, the house of the star witness who landed Megan on death row is burned to the ground. Then Abigail’s home explodes in flame leaving her fighting for her life. The alcoholic witness skips town and another is found dead from a drug overdose. To add to her plight, Abi could lose Joe Arno, the love of her life, when his former love distracts him. While Abi waits for DNA proof, she is desperate to free the innocent inmate who might be the person to end her heart-wrenching decades long search.
Even when facing mortal danger, Abigail refuses to give up her investigation. But can Megan Winnaker really be her long-lost daughter?
A 5-Star Review by Pete Adams
A Psychological Thriller
Exquisite, heart-pumping, extraordinary torture – brilliant
Where do I start? I loved this book, and yet it caused me so much heartache and worry. I am a slow reader, but I take all of it in. I live it.
I felt the pain and suffering of a mother who endured the anguish of losing her daughter aged 5; abducted by her estranged husband, never to be found. Was she still alive? And then, a death row woman, the same age as her daughter, displays characteristics that suggest she could be the long lost daughter.
What follows is a roller coaster ride of emotions that involve proving if the woman is her daughter, and then to prove her innocent of the crime. A switchback of narrative twists, hope, despair, misery… so well written. It has taken me some time to recover – I was exhausted after this read.
I will say no more for fear of spoilers – but – read this book – you will not regret it. I have already bought another of Deal’s books.
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