A successful novelist becomes the prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife, forcing him to face well-guarded secrets from his past.
Micah Battle is a writer who gained notoriety when one of his books foreshadowed a national tragedy. Now he is writing a novel about a man who murders his wife, disposes of her body and reports her as a missing person. Suddenly Micah's own wife vanishes, and police quickly name him a suspect in her disappearance.
To save himself and possibly his wife, Micah must face demons from his past. Police have their own secrets. Unknown to the media, they are tracking a series of murders that could be linked to this latest missing persons case... and to Micah Battle. Larkin Law, a tenacious young reporter, is determined to discover the truth. She is about to uncover far more than she ever imagined.
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