True crime author Fanning brings a rare brand of realism to her work... Readers who like to have their emotions engaged while trying to solve the mystery will enjoy Pierce’s latest adventure.
Edgar-finalist Fanning skillfully illuminates the heartbreaking challenges facing Alzheimer’s victims and their families in her fourth mystery featuring Virginia homicide detective Lucinda Pierce.
“Diane Fanning has created a winning heroine in Lucinda Pierce”
Alafair Burke, author of 212
When a missing elderly man shows up dead on his son’s front porch, homicide detective Lucinda Pierce isn’t certain if she’s investigating a murder or one of the strangest natural deaths she’s ever encountered. Then, the search for a missing five-year-old girl leads to the discovery of the bodies of two more senior citizens. The investigation brings Lucinda into contact with the adult children of missing persons with dementia. This then resurrects the trauma of the death of her own parents causing Lucinda to question her motivation for continuing to search for answers when there are no definitive indications of homicide. A failed abduction attempt leads Lucinda to a man who did all the wrong things for all the right reasons and to a strange little Wonderland built with little money and lots of imagination.
