The novel starts with a prologue. Eight-year-old Molly Ridge stayed home from school because of a sore throat. As the day wears on, she’s feeling better and in the midst of playing hide-and-seek with her mother, when the doorbell rings. Molly, hiding  under her mother’s bed, witnesses the tail end of her mother’s stabbing death. Her mom lives long enough to caution poor Molly to be quiet and not make a sound.

Chapter One starts with the main protagonist, Haley Lambert getting the news that her only sister has been murdered. Haley quits her job, let’s her apartment go and flies to her hometown to try and cope with the loss of her sibling. Not only that, she now has to take care of her niece and … her niece has gone selectively mute.

Before long, another attractive blonde, is stabbed to death. The police try to find a common tie between the two women but come up empty. Their only hope is to get information from Molly, but Molly’s not talking. I have to confess, I figured out who the killer was, but it wasn’t easy. In the end, all the desperate clues come together with a very satisfying conclusion. My one picky has to be the attraction Haley feels for police consultant, Dr. Gray Bane. She meets him in the police station the first day she hits town and is immediately attracted to the hunky man. I know, I know – it’s romantic suspense but….Her only sister has been murdered and she’s hot for a new man? Well, I guess anything is possible.

Cassidy is a good writer who kept me guessing almost until the end of the book. I will definitely look for other novel’s by this author because – she’s good!