The beautiful old home in a rich gated community, gives the reader no idea as to what had taken place on the second floor. Soon we learn that the nanny lay in a pool of blood, dead from a gunshot wound. The two girls were butchered with a knife and bore no resemblance to the laughing, carefree kids that they once were. Detectives Finn O'Brien and Cori Anderson were called to try to make some sense of the chaotic mess and above all to find whoever had committed this atrocity. As the lead detectives O'Brien and Anderson investigate the case and soon discover that it is anything but cut and dried. The parents, Sam and Elizabeth Barnett, are wealthy upstanding people in the community so the murders make no sense. They wondered if it was retribution for something that the killer perceived that the parents had done or perhaps it was simply a horrible, random act of violence. O'Brien is just one false step from losing his job because he'd been ostracized by his fellow community of cops for killing a fellow officer. It was justified but that didn't seem to matter. Anderson is a single mother and grandmother who has her problems as well. As they each fight their own demons, they work to solve this case. Eventually the supposed killers are caught but something doesn't fit right about the case to Finn. Soon another suspect, and one that I thought was the killer from the start is looked t much closer, This person had dirty dealings that resulted in him becoming a millionaire. The surprise ending will catch you off guard even when you think you have it all figured out. I want more. ( )

Having recently been cleared of killing a fellow police officer Detective Finn O'Brien is back on duty much to the disgust of the other officers. With Cori Anderson the only person ready to partner him they are sent to investigate the killing of a nanny and her two young charges.
An enjoyable and interesting mystery. ( )