From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting new novel of legal suspense featuring Dismas Hardy and his daughter, Rebecca, now grown up and an associate in Hardys law firm. Late one night, a teenage African American foster child named Tanya Paulson plummets to her death from the overpass above San Franciscos Stockton tunnel. But did she fallor was she pushed? Rushing to produce a convictable suspect in the glare of the media spotlight, homicide inspectors focus their attention on a naïve young man named Greg Treadway. Greg is a middle school teacher and he volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. At first, the only thing connecting him to Tanyas death is the fact that they shared a meal earlier that night. But soon enough, elements of that story seem to fall apartand Hardys daughter, Rebecca, finds herself drawn into the young mans defense.
