Audio Book Description:
In the woods of a small town,Adam, a nine-year-old autistic boy, is discovered nextto the body of his classmate. They both wandered off fromthe school playground several hours earlier, and now the police are relying on Adam as the only witness to an appalling crime. But he can`t tell thepolice what he saw- or what he heart. Barely verbal on the best of days, Adam has retreated into a silent world that Cara, his mother, knows only too well.When another child goes missing, Cara must interpret the changes in Adam`s behavior not only to help him through the trauma, but also to help the policecatch a killer. As she moves closer to exposing the truth, herunsettling past begins to emerge from the shadows. In her desperate desire to protect herchild from real life, has she made his world a more dangerous place? A thrilling novel psychological suspense and a gripping tale of a crimethat strikes at the core of a small community, Cammie McGovern`s heart- rending novel is, above all, the powerful story of the tender and complexbond between a mother and her young son.
