Twisty and brimming with the emotional power of beautifully drawn characters the solo debut by the coauthor of The Boy in the Suitcase is a brooding and atmospheric thriller that sets a young mother on a collision course with her past in order to save her sons future. Ella Nygaard 27 has been a ward of the state since she was seven years old the night her father murdered her mother. She doesnt remember anything about that night or her childhood before itbut her body remembers. The PTSDinduced