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  1. Praise for USA Today bestseller Pamela Crane’s psychological thrillers:
  2. To Talia, for letting Mommy take a million pictures of you for my cover. I know you love the attention.
  3. Author’s Note
  4. The Pittsburg Press
  5. Prologue
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Chapter 2
  8. Chapter 3
  9. Chapter 4
  10. Chapter 5
  11. Chapter 6
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Chapter 8
  14. The Pittsburg Press
  15. Chapter 9
  16. Chapter 10
  17. Chapter 11
  18. Chapter 12
  19. Chapter 13
  20. Chapter 14
  21. Chapter 15
  22. Chapter 16
  23. The Pittsburg Press
  24. Chapter 17
  25. Chapter 18
  26. Chapter 19
  27. Chapter 20
  28. Chapter 21
  29. Chapter 22
  30. The Pittsburg Press
  31. Chapter 23
  32. Chapter 24
  33. Chapter 25
  34. The Pittsburg Press
  35. Chapter 26
  36. Chapter 27
  37. Chapter 28
  38. Chapter 29
  39. The Pittsburg Press
  40. Chapter 30
  41. Chapter 31
  42. Chapter 32
  43. Chapter 33
  44. Chapter 34
  45. Chapter 35
  46. Chapter 36
  47. Chapter 37
  48. Chapter 38
  49. Chapter 39
  50. Chapter 40
  51. Chapter 41
  52. The Pittsburg Press
  53. Chapter 42
  54. Chapter 43
  55. Chapter 44
  56. Chapter 45
  57. Chapter 46
  58. Epilogue
  59. Acknowledgments
  60. About the Author
  61. Enjoy what you read?

As I watched my thin lips move in my reflection, a sudden impact thrust the car forward. The earth swung around, trees spinning, water slipping out of sight, as my body was tossed forward with a loud crunching sound. The car spun off the road, crashing through the metal guardrail that divided the asphalt from a rocky cliff overlooking the river. The front end dipped precariously over the precipice, nodding toward the water.

Headlights played for a nanosecond upon Cody’s terror-stricken face, then a dark vehicle sped away with tires squalling, leaving us tip-tip-tipping as the weight of the engine slowly shifted us forward to a certain icy death.

The Pittsburg Press

The Pittsburg Press

Pittsburg, PA

Tuesday, October 18, 1910

SIX MONTHS WITHOUT A TRACE OF MISSING MOTHER AND SUSPICIONS GROW

[Special Telegram to Pittsburg Press.]

A veiled woman who called upon Cecile Cianfarra, secretary for the Women’s Equal Franchise Federation and Woman Suffrage Red Cross Auxiliary, is believed to be Mrs. Alvera Fields. Wife to the millionaire importer Robert Fields, and mother to daughter Olivia, Alvera disappeared from her home on the evening of April 16 and has not been seen since.

Mrs. Fields is believed to have been seen at the Hacke building sometime after April 16, as nearly as the clerks can recall. For some time there was an earnest talk between Miss Cianfarra and Mrs. Fields. What was the nature of the talk the clerks do not know. From what they observed, however, they were of the opinion that the veiled woman was greatly agitated and that it was she who was particularly concerned about the visit.

The call upon Miss Cianfarra appeared to be a stormy one. Robert Fields, assuming the veiled woman was his missing wife, took the lead and demanded that Miss Cianfarra give up all the correspondence she had with Mrs. Fields and all the telegrams that might have passed between them.

GIVEN UP AS DEAD

Despite sightings of Mrs. Fields circulating, relatives and the attorneys who have been assisting in the worldwide search for her cast aside all theories of her disappearance and came out flatly with the announcement that they believe the woman is dead.

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Felicity