Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future. Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them. With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site, Will Trent and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop. Studying the body, Sara Lintonthe GBI's newest medical examiner and Will's loverrealizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victima womanwho has vanished...and who will die soon if she isn't found. Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the city's most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athletea man who's already gotten away with rape, despite Will's exhaustive efforts to put him away. But when evidence links Will's troubled past to the case, the consequences will tear through his life, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friendsand even the suspects he pursues. ""I'd follow her anywhere."" GILLIAN FLYNN