Audio Book Description:
At the age of ten, Liza Barton had shot her mother, tryingdesperately to protect her from her estranged step- father.Despite her stepfather`s claimthat the shooting was a deliberate act, the Juvenile Court ruled the death an accident. Many people compared her to the infamous murderess Lizzie Borden. To erase Liza`s past, her adoptive parents change her nameto Celia. At age twenty-eight, she marries a child- less sixty-year old widower and theyhave a son. Before their marriage, she reveals her true identity. On his death-bed, he makes her swear never to tell anyone so that their son will not carrythe stigma of her past. Happily re-married,Celia`s peace of mind is hattered when her new husbandsurprises her with a gift - the housewhere she killed her mother. Onthe day they move in, they findthe words LittleLizzie`s Place - Beware painted on the lawn. There are splotches of red paintall over the house, a skill andcross- bones are carved into the door. Someone in the community knows Celia`strue identity. When their realestate agent is brutally murdered, Celiabecomes a suspect. As Celia fights to prove her innocence, she is not aware that she and her son are now the targetof a killer.
