Publisher's Synopsis
"A terrific book...a great new talent." - MICHAEL CONNELLY "...Skilful writing, original characters and evocative settings..." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Max Freeman's old life as a cop ended the night he killed a twelve-year-old child in self-defence in a Philadelphia shootout. Now he lives alone on the edge of the Florida Everglades, where the demons eat away at his conscience. But when he finds the corpse of a child beside an ancient river, Freeman is thrust into the search for a serial killer. Distrusted as an outsider by the longtime residents of the Glades and considered a suspect by the police, Freeman walks a tightrope of suspicion. Then another child goes missing and the ex-cop knows that he must hunt down the murderer himself...
