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Ten years after a teenage girl's disappearance, a bizarre confession breaks open the cold case in dangerous ways…and threatens to tear apart her small Wisconsin town all over again in the masterfully twisty new psychological suspense novel from the internationally bestselling author of Twenty Years Later.

Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search. No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods. A year later the best-selling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity.

When Dr. Sloan Hastings submits her DNA to an online genealogy site for a research assignment, her goal is to better understand the treasure-trove of genetic information contained on ancestry websites. Brilliant and driven, Sloan is embarking on a fellowship in forensic pathology, training under the renowned Dr. Livia Cutty. Sloan has one reservation about involving herself in the experiment: she’s adopted. Grateful for a loving home, she’s never considered tracking down her biological parents.

As a forensic reconstructionist, Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime-scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father's law office a week after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case come to life once more.

Avery Mason, host of American Events, knows the subjects that grab a TV audience's attention. Her latest story—a murder mystery laced with kinky sex, tragedy, and betrayal—is guaranteed to be ratings gold. New DNA technology has allowed the New York medical examiner's office to make its first successful identification of a 9/11 victim in years. The twist: the victim, Victoria Ford, had been accused of the gruesome murder of her married lover. In a chilling last phone call to her sister, Victoria begged her to prove her innocence.

No primeiro dia de aula no Instituto Médico Legal, Sloan Hastings é designada a uma investigação na área da genealogia forense―a ciência dinâmica em constante evolução, responsável por solucionar inúmeros casos arquivados complexos envolvendo serial killers e homicídios. Empolgada para dar início ao trabalho com uma extensa pesquisa das provas, Sloan começa enviando o próprio DNA para análise. Sua intenção é conhecer mais a fundo o potencial de informações genéticas presente nos registros de seus antepassados. No entanto, os resultados obtidos a conectam a um passado perturbador.

En förödande sanning... Tjugo år efter en händelse som fick världen att skälva kommer ett isande mordfall för andra gången att dominera nyheterna. DNA från ett litet benfragment har gjort det möjligt för New Yorks rättsmedicinare att göra sin första framgångsrika identifiering på många år av ett av offren för elfte september-attentatet mot World Trade Center. Men kvinnan som identifierats, Victoria Ford, hade kort före terrordådet anklagats för det brutala mordet på sin gifte älskare.

Ella no recuerda nada. Mejor así. Su verdad era solo la mitad de la historia. Megan McDonald está terminando el bachillerato, es popular, carismática, y tiene un futuro increíble por delante. Una de sus últimas noches en Emerson Bay la secuestran. Megan está dos semanas en cautiverio hasta que escapa, y pasa a ser conocida como “la chica que se llevaron”.

Zwei Schicksale – eine Wahrheit. Nachdem zwei Mädchen verschwunden sind und die Hoffnung, sie lebend zu finden, schwindet, taucht plötzlich eines von ihnen wieder auf. Megan verarbeitet ihre Erlebnisse in einem Buch – das zu einem Bestseller wird und ihr zu Ruhm und Reichtum verhilft. Doch wie ein Schatten liegt das Verschwinden des anderen Mädchens, Nicole, über dem Ganzen. Nicoles Schwester – die Forensikerin Livia Cutty – will nun herausfinden, was geschehen ist. Alles deutet auf einen Serientäter hin.