When attorney Barbara Holloway tries to assist a battered mother and her son, she becomes the prime suspect when they disappear. She discovers that the kidnapping is a ruse for a more sinister plan – a plan that pits the meaning of family against cold, hard cash. Tenth in the series. "Strongly written.. [MacDuffie] does an excellent job climbing inside Holloway's skin; we really feel as though she knows and understands this woman."—Booklist