There are some forces you can’t outrun.
Forensic psychologist Claire Markwood has experienced her share of disaster. But nothing could prepare her for her sister, Darcy, going missing. Claire rushes to the butterfly sanctuary where Darcy has been working, prepared to do what she does best—work the clues. But her sister, along with her car and some of the sanctuary’s rarest species of butterflies, has seemingly vanished without a trace.
Amid a flurry of mysterious leads and dead ends, Claire and her criminal lawyer husband, Nick, tap every resource at their disposal. But the deeper they dig, the more unsettling the case becomes, dredging up old family secrets that shake the foundation of everything Claire thought to be true. Because some secrets aren’t just threatening—they’re deadly.
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“Will keep you on the edge of your seat until the truth is revealed.”
— Suspense Magazine on Silent Scream
“A thrilling novel of suspense!”
— Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author, on Shallow GraveKaren Harper, a New York
Times bestselling author, is a former high school and college English
teacher. Winner of the 2005 Mary Higgins Clark Award for her outstanding novel Dark
Angel, Karen is the author of more than a dozen romantic suspense novels
and six historical novels, as well as a series of historical mysteries. She and
her husband love to travel both in the United States and abroad.
Courtney Patterson graduated magna cum laude with a BA in theater performance from Valdosta State University. She is an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare where she has appeared in dozens of shows, taught in the education department, and developed a cabaret series. She can also be seen frequently on the stages of the Alliance Theatre and has also worked at the Aurora Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Performance Group, and the Horizon Theatre. In addition to her work on stage, she narrates audiobooks and performs in film and television.