Detective Josie Quinn is horrified when she’s called to the house of a mother who had her newborn baby snatched from her arms.
A woman caught fleeing the scene is Josie’s only lead, but when questioned it seems this mysterious girl doesn’t know who she is, where she’s from or why she is so terrified…
Is she a witness, a suspect, or the next victim?
As Josie digs deeper, a letter about a mix-up at a fertility clinic links the nameless girl and the missing child to a spate of killings across the county. Josie is faced with an impossible decision: should she risk the life of one innocent child to save many others… or can she find another way?
Character List (view spoiler)[ Recurring Characters Josie Quinn: Acting Denton police chief. Luke Creighton: Josie’s fiancé. He’s a Pennsylvania state trooper. Lisette Matson: Josie’s grandmother who raised her since she was 14-years old. She’s a resident of Rockview Ridge, a nursing home. Noah Fraley: Denton Police Department detective and Josie’s second in command. Gretchen Palmer: Denton Police Department detective hired by Josie. Dan Lamay: Denton Police Department desk sergeant. Anya Feist: Denton medical examiner. Tara Charleston: Denton mayor. Carrieanne Creighton: Luke’s sister. Misty Derossi: Ray’s former girlfriend, a stripper, working at Foxy Tails. Trinity Payne: Television news reporter. Wayland Harris: Former Denton chief of police who died saving Josie. Ray Quinn: Josie’s ex-husband. He was a Denton Police Department sergeant who died helping Josie rescue Isabelle Coleman.
Non Recurring Characters Aaron King: Interstate Killer who was recently captured by a state trooper. Brady Conway: Bowersville police officer who shot and killed his wife and then himself. He was Luke’s friend. Zora Conway: Brady’s mother. Eva Conway: Brady’s wife. She was killed by Brady. Hattie Conway: Brady’s grandmother. Eric Dunn: Casino mogul who is trying to close a deal in Denton. Kim Conway: Eric’s former girlfriend. Peter Rowland: Billionaire who grew up in Denton and made his fortune creating and selling state of the art security and surveillance equipment and systems. Polly Rowland: Peter’s daughter who was killed in a drunk driving accident. Marie Muir: Rowland’s housekeeper. Dusty Branson: Ray’s best friend. He was a Denton Police Department officer and one of the participants in the sex trafficking ring. Butch McConnell: Manager of Foxy Tails, the strip club where Misty worked. Brittney: Misty’s best friend. She’s a pharmaceutical sales representative. Mickey Kovalis: Man found buried on Luke’s property. He formerly worked for Eric Dunn as a bodyguard. Denny Twitch: Man posing as a US marshal. Buck Romeo: One of Dunn’s henchmen. Diana Sweeney: Sister of one of the missing girls Josie found. Intake associate at the sperm bank. Isabelle Coleman: Missing 17-year old girl. Marla Coleman: Isabelle’s mother. Jack Coleman: Isabelle’s mother. Leonard Nance: Man who gave Kim a ride. (hide spoiler)]
Spoiler Info (view spoiler)[ Kim Conway was Eric Dunn’s girlfriend. He found the video on her phone that she’d recorded of him and the municipal workers discussing their culpability in that building collapse. He was going to kill her but she lied and said she was pregnant. She later ran to stay with her brother Brady and his wife Eva. Dunn sent Mickey to kill them, which he did but Luke walked in and killed Mickey. They staged it as a murder suicide and he buried Mickey on the property, allowing Kim to secretly stay at his farm. Luke got tired of the stress of hiding her so she lied again when Misty came to see him about the baby and said she was a midwife. That’s why she was staying with Misty. Dunn sent Twitch to get her months later and he thought Misty’s baby was Kim’s so that’s why he beat her and stole the child. He let Kim go for the time being because they once had a fling.
Josie learns from Diane Sweeney that Peter Rowland was the donor the lab mixed up with Ray’s for Misty. Between Trinity and Josie, they determine Aaron King and Eric Dunn were his offspring. In addition, Trinity found nine others, all who died in “accidents.” And, Kim is his daughter. He’s the man her mother had an affair with and she tried to convince her husband the child was his. (hide spoiler)]
A woman caught fleeing the scene is Josie’s only lead, but when questioned it seems this mysterious girl doesn’t know who she is, where she’s from or why she is so terrified…
Is she a witness, a suspect, or the next victim?
As Josie digs deeper, a letter about a mix-up at a fertility clinic links the nameless girl and the missing child to a spate of killings across the county. Josie is faced with an impossible decision: should she risk the life of one innocent child to save many others… or can she find another way?
Setting
Denton, Pennsylvania
Bowersville, Pennsylvania
72 Chapters
Character List
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Recurring Characters
Josie Quinn: Acting Denton police chief.
Luke Creighton: Josie’s fiancé. He’s a Pennsylvania state trooper.
Lisette Matson: Josie’s grandmother who raised her since she was 14-years old. She’s a resident of Rockview Ridge, a nursing home.
Noah Fraley: Denton Police Department detective and Josie’s second in command.
Gretchen Palmer: Denton Police Department detective hired by Josie.
Dan Lamay: Denton Police Department desk sergeant.
Anya Feist: Denton medical examiner.
Tara Charleston: Denton mayor.
Carrieanne Creighton: Luke’s sister.
Misty Derossi: Ray’s former girlfriend, a stripper, working at Foxy Tails.
Trinity Payne: Television news reporter.
Wayland Harris: Former Denton chief of police who died saving Josie.
Ray Quinn: Josie’s ex-husband. He was a Denton Police Department sergeant who died helping Josie rescue Isabelle Coleman.
Non Recurring Characters
Aaron King: Interstate Killer who was recently captured by a state trooper.
Brady Conway: Bowersville police officer who shot and killed his wife and then himself. He was Luke’s friend.
Zora Conway: Brady’s mother.
Eva Conway: Brady’s wife. She was killed by Brady.
Hattie Conway: Brady’s grandmother.
Eric Dunn: Casino mogul who is trying to close a deal in Denton.
Kim Conway: Eric’s former girlfriend.
Peter Rowland: Billionaire who grew up in Denton and made his fortune creating and selling state of the art security and surveillance equipment and systems.
Polly Rowland: Peter’s daughter who was killed in a drunk driving accident.
Marie Muir: Rowland’s housekeeper.
Dusty Branson: Ray’s best friend. He was a Denton Police Department officer and one of the participants in the sex trafficking ring.
Butch McConnell: Manager of Foxy Tails, the strip club where Misty worked.
Brittney: Misty’s best friend. She’s a pharmaceutical sales representative.
Mickey Kovalis: Man found buried on Luke’s property. He formerly worked for Eric Dunn as a bodyguard.
Denny Twitch: Man posing as a US marshal.
Buck Romeo: One of Dunn’s henchmen.
Diana Sweeney: Sister of one of the missing girls Josie found. Intake associate at the sperm bank.
Isabelle Coleman: Missing 17-year old girl.
Marla Coleman: Isabelle’s mother.
Jack Coleman: Isabelle’s mother.
Leonard Nance: Man who gave Kim a ride.
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Spoiler Info
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Kim Conway was Eric Dunn’s girlfriend. He found the video on her phone that she’d recorded of him and the municipal workers discussing their culpability in that building collapse. He was going to kill her but she lied and said she was pregnant. She later ran to stay with her brother Brady and his wife Eva. Dunn sent Mickey to kill them, which he did but Luke walked in and killed Mickey. They staged it as a murder suicide and he buried Mickey on the property, allowing Kim to secretly stay at his farm. Luke got tired of the stress of hiding her so she lied again when Misty came to see him about the baby and said she was a midwife. That’s why she was staying with Misty. Dunn sent Twitch to get her months later and he thought Misty’s baby was Kim’s so that’s why he beat her and stole the child. He let Kim go for the time being because they once had a fling.
Josie learns from Diane Sweeney that Peter Rowland was the donor the lab mixed up with Ray’s for Misty. Between Trinity and Josie, they determine Aaron King and Eric Dunn were his offspring. In addition, Trinity found nine others, all who died in “accidents.” And, Kim is his daughter. He’s the man her mother had an affair with and she tried to convince her husband the child was his. (hide spoiler)]