PART ONE: THE WATCH THAT FOUND ITS WAY HOME Eli Mercer hit the stone pavement hard enough to tear the
The first person to notice the boy was a waiter carrying a tray of champagne. By then, the orchestra
The judge’s gavel struck the bench with such force that everyone in the courtroom fell silent.
“Six nights ago,” the security supervisor said, his expression hardening, “this pass was used to enter
Part One: The Child the City Refused to See Westbridge never truly became quiet. Even before sunrise
The morning began beneath a ceiling that had never been finished. Cold wind slipped through the open
Blackwood Chapel stood on the edge of the family estate in the hills outside Boston, surrounded by wet
The cathedral looked as though it had been built for this wedding alone. Thousands of white roses climbed
The rain had already soaked through Adrian Vale’s expensive coat when he finally stopped walking.
At two seventeen in the morning, Mara Ellison refused to move a frightened teenage patient out of Northbridge