The Boy in the Basement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798349372094)

It's Halloween in Mobile, Alabama. Jennifer Riley, CPS supervisor, and her team of investigators face a nightmare line-up of child abuse cases. A young boy, imprisoned by a mentally ill mother, fights for his life. Across town, a baby girl is on life support with a traumatic brain injury.

Despite the natural assumptions and obvious clues, Jennifer discovers the truth is never that simple. She must guide her team past the red herrings and get to the "who" and the "why" behind these horrific cases.

When a ghost from her past reappears, Jennifer is shaken to her very core. A former foster child, who had survived the system, is found murdered. Will her grief and self-doubt derail the team? A romance is the last thing she wants. But maybe it is just what she needs.