"Cape Haven, Calif., is a pretty town of broken souls. Its chief cop clings to the past as his body fails. A drunk former beauty can barely care for the kids she loves, and her fierce 13-year-old daughter Duchess Day Radley imagines herself an outlaw willing to do anything to defend her little brother. A murder roils the town, setting in motion an intriguing mystery. But what lingers after the scores are settled is Duchess, in all her defiant, heartbreaking glory." - People (Book of the Week)
"A heartbreaking, page-turning, swashbuckling thriller." - Good Morning America
"What is new is the protagonist's anguished, gorgeous voice, filled with rage and tenderness." - The Washington Post
"Ravishing, pulse-raising suspense...." - O, The Oprah Magazine
"A moving, propulsive story." - The New York Times Book Review
"A vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it." -Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds
"[An] impressive, often lyrical thriller. Whitaker crafts an absorbing plot around crimes in the present and secrets long buried, springing surprises to the very end. A fierce 13-year-old girl propels this dark, moving thriller." - Kirkus Reviews
"A superb thriller.... Powered by extraordinarily deep character development and an impressively intricate plot, this novel is simultaneously a murder mystery, a love story, and a heartbreaking tragedy. The existential agony is palpable throughout, but so, too, is the hope at the end. Whitaker has upped his game with this emotionally charged page-turner." - Publishers Weekly
