SummaryIN MATTERS OF CRIME, THERE ARE MANY VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH
Two children who mysteriously disappeared twenty-one years
ago are the last thing on Lorna Stiles's mind when she
returns to her Pennsylvania hometown to sell the old family
property in the wake of her mother's passing. But along with
her memories, Lorna finds the fields where she grew up yield
something utterly chilling.
All those years ago, when nine-year-old Melinda Eagan
vanished on her birthday, her foulmouthed older brother,
Jason, quickly became the lone suspect. Yet when he went
missing, too, the case turned cold. But Jason, it seems,
never got far: His bones have been moldering on the Stiles'
land for more than two decades. As far as the local police
are concerned, the book is closed on Melinda's
murder—and Jason's death is justice served. But Lorna
refuses to let the dead rest uneasily. When Jason's mother
is accused of his murder, Lorna turns to private eye T. J.
Dawson to dig up the dirt of the past and see what lies
beneath. Only there's someone out there who hasn't
forgotten—and who won't be the least bit forgiving
about being exposed as a killer.
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