Bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life every parent's worst fear in this provocative, gripping tale of a female prosecutor who will do anything for justice in the name of her son. Bestselling author Jodi Picoult brings to life every parent's worst fear in this provocative, gripping tale of a female prosecutor who will do anything for justice in the name of her son. In the course of her everyday work, career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is traumatized by a sexual assault, Nina and her husband, Caleb, a quiet and methodical stone mason, are shattered, ripped apart by an enraging sense of helplessness in the face of a futile justice system that Nina knows all too well. In a heartbeat, Nina's absolute truths and convictions are turned upside down, and she hurtles toward a plan to exact her own justice for her son -- no matter the consequence, whatever the sacrifice.
