The youngest lawyer ever to grabthe helm of Seattle's most prominentlaw firm, Gus Wheatley has foundsuccess—as well as money, power, and prestige. He thinks nothing can interfere with his meteoric rise to the top.Until his wife, Beth, vanishes. Beth's disappearance coincides witha series of brutal murders the FBI dubs the "bookend killings." They think Beth is the killer's latest victim . . . or his willing accomplice. But Gusknows his wife would never allyherself with a cold¿́¿blooded killer.The further he searches, however,the more he discovers that Beth isn'tthe woman he thought he knew. Beth may be alive. She may or maynot be innocent. She may havecome up against evil far morereaching than a serial killer. And forGus and his family, that evil ismuch too close to home.