Still reeling from his wife's recent miscarriage, Moe Prager is bullied into taking the case of an up-and-coming politico whose career has stalled over the suspicious disappearance of a young woman. It's been almost two years since Moira Heaton, State Senator Steven Brightman's intern, vanished on Thanksgiving Eve 1981. In spite of Brightman's best efforts to clear his name, he has been tried and convicted in the press. As a reluctant Moe peels away the layers of the case, he discovers the tragic circumstances of Moira Heaton's disappearance are buried deep in the past and that there is another more heinous crime at the heart of it all. Will the ugly truth set Brightman free or will it bury all the players beneath the crumbling artiface of corruption, murder, and hate?
- ISBN10 0452286506
- ISBN13 9780452286504
- Publish Date 1 March 2005
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 24 June 2009
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Plume
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English