Publisher's Synopsis
El's 5 month old son, Luke, dies mysteriously and suddenly just weeks after her once married lover and former college lecturer, Dr. Jackson Cam, comes back into their lives. As she navigates the shock of losing her son, she begins to notice that things aren't quite what they seem with Jackson. Claiming to be a well-known geneticist that moves from place to place as research funding dwindles, it becomes clear to El he has an angry, aggressive side. He is also deeply committed to his research and will clearly do whatever it takes to find a cure for the disease that took his father's life. As their relationship dissolves and El suspicions grow she gets pulled into a fast paced web of lies and deceit that reaches far beyond her and across many years. Refusing to give up on finding out what happened to her son, El finds herself in a game of cat and mouse with Jackson who does his best to convince everyone she is mentally fragile and cannot be trusted. As those closest to El urge her to move on and accept Luke's death she reaches out to anyone willing to help, grasping at straws and trying to make the pieces of information she has collected make sense. Little does she know that she and everyone that helps her is in danger and the closer she gets to the truth the more painful the journey becomes.
