The boy
(Large Print)

Sequel to: A thin dark line.

The bloody crime scene that awaits Detective Nick Fourcade is both the brutal and confusing: Genevieve Gauthier's seven-year-old son, KJ, has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well, a witness left behind to tell the tale. Nick's wife, Detective Annie Broussard, sits in the emergency room with the grieving mother; as a mother Annie understands the emotional devastation this woman is going through, but as a detective she's troubled by a story that makes little sense. The next day KJ's sometimes babysitter, twelve-year-old Nora Florette, is reported missing. The town of Bayou Breaux is up in arms, fearing a maniac is preying on their children. Is the missing teenager a victim, or something worse? Everything changes when Genevieve's past as a convicted criminal comes to light. -- adapted from publisher info