Part of Dismas Hardy, book 6
First published 2001
Dismas Hardy knows his wife Frannie better than anyone. She never misses school pickup. When their children wait alone that afternoon, Hardy realizes something has gone terribly wrong. Frannie sits in jail, held in contempt after refusing to testify before a grand jury. A fellow parent at their children's school shared a secret with her before vanishing. Now that man stands accused of murdering his wife, and Frannie won't break her promise of silence. Hardy faces an impossible choice. To free his wife, he must prove the innocence of a missing man he's not sure he wants to find. His investigation pulls him deep into San Francisco's corridors of power and corporate boardrooms. But the case that threatens to destroy his family also forces Hardy to confront a devastating question. What truth could compel his faithful wife to choose loyalty to another man over her own children?
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, family-drama, legal-thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: San Francisco
656 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Berkley