Description: "Only one person knows where Julia Sayre is: her killer. Four years ago, the young mother of two disappeared, a story that soon became a personal mission for Irene Kelly. But the search for Julia proved fruitless. Now on death row for unimaginable acts of torture and murder, inmate Nick Parrish is plea-bargaining for a life sentence, promising to lead investigators--and Irene--into the dark isolation of the Sierra Nevadas, where they will discover what really happened to Julia Sayre"--Back cover.
Brief description: Jan Burke is the author of a dozen novels and a collection of short stories. She is the founder of the Crime Lab Project and is a member of the board of the California Forensic Science Institute. She lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs. Learn more about her at JanBurke.com.
Review Quotes: James Ellroy Deft, witty, wise and very well crafted...should push Jan Burke to her rightful place at the top of the heap in the current bumper crop of women's crime writers.