The work of forensic expert Maura Isles has always been closely tied to death, but this time she first understood what the phrase “blood turns cold in the veins” means—when she saw, on the autopsy table, the body of a woman who looked exactly like her.
Who is she? Why did someone need to kill her?—Maura Isles and her colleagues in the police force have to figure all this out. At the same time, they must track down the kidnappers of pregnant women—criminals who managed for many years to stay hidden from justice.