The Weight of Silence

A heart-pounding novel of unspeakable crimes and unforgivable sins from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sound of Rain.

Homicide detective Nicole Foster has finally balanced an unsteady
life and is anxious for a second chance. There’s no better place to
start over than at the beginning—back at her childhood home on the
Washington coast, where’s she raising her niece and keeping an eye on
her increasingly fragile father. But Nicole’s past is never truly behind
her—not when a disturbing new case stirs dark memories of the haunting
investigation that shattered her career.

In the middle of the
hottest August in a century, a toddler is found dead inside a parked
car. Her father says he forgot her. It’s an unthinkable crime. And for
Nicole, it’s made all the more unbearable by her own suffocating
secrets—those shared by an old rival who has reappeared from the shadows
and is pushing Nicole to the edge once again.

Now, wherever the
truth lies, solving this case and avenging an unforgivable death is the
most important move in Nicole’s career. But to see it through to the
end, how far is she willing to go? And what is she prepared to risk this
time?