Boston-based Attorney Brady Coyne aspires to a quite life. His solo law practice, handling routine legal work for a select group of clients, and his sedate, stable private life usually keep him far away from trouble. But one cold January morning, trouble comes to him.The morning after a snowstorm, Brady lets his dog out into the backyard of his Back Bay brownstone only to discover the body of an unfamiliar girl buried underneath the newly fallen snow. She is a teenager, maybe fifteen or sixteen, who apparently entered his backyard, bleeding, in the middle of the night, only to die from hypothermia and blood loss. The single clue to her identity is a small piece of paper with Brady's address scribbled on it.The police seem to believe that the girl is simply another runaway - one of many in the city - and the circumstances of her death are likely to remain unsolved, Shaken by his discovery of the body and the girl's tragic death, consumed by the question of who she was and why she seemed to be looking for him, Brady Coyne is determined to find out the truth. But it soon turns out that the mysterious girl's death is only the beginning - someone out there knows Brady is trying to find out what happened that night, and they are willing to do anything - or kill anyone - to keep the truth from coming out. Read Less