San Francisco Forensic Psychiatrist Jo Beckett doesnโt dissect the body or the crime scene โ she dissects a life and a mind, recreating the victim as a person, piecing together the story of their death to get to the truth. And then she goes after the killer.
Autumn Reiniger wants something special for her twenty-first birthday. Daddyโs bought her the car and the apartment, but now she wants excitement. And what Autumn desires, she gets.
Her father signs-up her and five friends for an ultimate urban reality game. โEdge Adventuresโ alert the SF police that a โcrime situationโ is underway, so the authorities will ignore any squealing tires or desperate cries for help.
Then โ when working on a case nearby โ Jo Beckett encounters a group of men carting six sullen college kids to the woods for a wilderness adventure. Suspicious, she takes a closer look. And winds up with an invite to a birthday party she may never leave ...
Meg Gardiner is originally from Southern California, where she practiced law and taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of five Evan Delaney novels and the Jo Beckett thrillers, The Dirty Secrets Club, The Memory Collector and The Liarโs Lullaby. She lives with her family near London.