Laurie R. King is the New York Times and Washington Post best-selling author of Justice Hall (RB# 97025). Here, she returns to Folly Island for an intensely suspenseful psychological thriller. Allen Carmichael, a Vietnam veteran turned rescuer of abused children, lives on the fringes of society. When Allen comes to the aid of 12-year-old Jamie O'Connell, he begins an unforgettable sequence of events that may destroy him.