An Edgar and Shamus Award-winning Author Serena Tully is in trouble. Her husband, an ex-football player with an explosive temper, has accused her of cheating on him, refused to let her see her children, and locked her out with only the clothes on her back. To regain custody she's going to need some allies, and Dr. Morgan Reece, a specialist in evaluating child-parent relationships, is about to be drawn into a case unlike anything he's seen before.