num_pages: 45
description: In this riveting prequel to her novel Little Mercies New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf explores how even the smallest lies can have far-reaching consequences.When the body of a woman is discovered in a local parkwith her bewildered four-year-old son sitting beside herveteran social worker Ellen Moore is called in to assist in the police investigation. Positioned beneath a statue of Leto the goddess of motherhood the crime is weighted with meaning and Ellen discovers remarkably similar to one from a decade past.Ellen's professional duty is to protect the child but she's not equipped to contend with a killer. As she races to connect the dots she knows her time is running out. And the stakes are high: if she fails another mother is sure to make the ultimate sacrifice.
language: English
title: Little Lies
publisher: Harlequin