Dead Silence: A Foundlings Novel

In New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub´s riveting thriller, uncovering secrets in the past draws one woman into a killer´s web. . . No Such Thing as Coincidence . . . Staring into his frightened blue eyes, investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw Haines vows to help this silent little boy who is unable--or unwilling--to communicate his past. Though her own roots remain shrouded in mystery, she relies on tangible DNA evidence to help fellow foundlings uncover theirs . . . until a remarkable twist of fate presents a stranger bearing an eerily familiar childhood souvenir. NYPD Missing Persons Detective Stockton Barnes has spent his career searching for other people´s lost loved ones and outrunning a youthful misstep. Now a chance encounter with a key player from that fateful night leads him on a desperate quest to locate the one woman he´s ever regretted leaving--unless a savage killer finds her first. As Amelia and Barnes uncover intertwining truths--and lies--the real horror emerges not in crimes already committed, but in evil yet to come . . .