Paul Copeland's sister went missing twenty years ago. Now raising adaughter alone, after the death of his wife, he balances family life with acareer as a prosecutor. But when a homicide victim is found with evidencelinking him to Cope, the well-buried secrets of the past are threateningeverything. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Couldhis sister be alive? Cope has to confront so much he left behind thatsummer so long ago: his first love, Lucy, his mother who abandoned thefamily, and the secrets that his parents might have been hiding even fromtheir own children. Cope must decide what is better left hidden in the dark and what truthscan be brought to the light. And can he find absolution?