Detective Fran Harman should be coasting toward retirement and a quiet life by the seaside. Instead, her final months on the force are consumed by the most perplexing cold case of her career.
A woman known only as Elise was found battered beyond recognition by the side of a road. A passing man tried to save her, earning himself the label of prime suspect—until his cast-iron alibi cleared him. Elise has remained in a hospital bed ever since, and now her life support is about to be turned off.
Determined to find justice, Fran must untangle a web of deceit where nothing and no one is what they seem. With danger looming and emotions running high, can Fran uncover the truth before her time runs out?
