IT WASSUPPOSED TO BE A QUIET DINNER PARTY WITH HER COLLEAGUES--NOT THESCENE OF A MURDER.But the murder of a stranger on herfront lawn is only the first in a string of events that have Dr. ShannonFrasier's life teetering on the edge of chaos. She's unable to make the deepercommitment her boyfriend deserves. Her sister shows up at her home needing aplace to stay but with no promise she'll remain sober. And her father isdiagnosed with cancer. Then Shannon's life stops teeteringand plunges into the abyss. Because the person behind the guttural voice on thephone wants to know what the stranger said before he died. And he won't stopuntil Shannon gives him the information he wants--even if she doesn't have it.He's coming for her. She's not surethe police on the case can be trusted. And her only hope of escape--for herselfand for those she loves--is to overcome her buried past.