Weaving Shadows: A Mystery (St. Martins Minotaur Mysteries)
by By Murphy, Margaret
Category: Fiction , Thrillers , Suspense

Attorney Clara Pascal thought she was taking on a simple child custody case....  Traumatized by her own recent experience as a kidnap victim in Darkness Falls, Clara is trying hard to keep the shadows of the past at bay. Her husband and young daughter don't understand why she's so distant. Her caseload at work has slowed to a trickle, and her friend Mitch, a lawyer, offers her work, but Clara refuses to take on a criminal case. And she can't shake the feeling that someone is after her.  When a young, single mother is beaten to death with a hammer, Clara finds herself thrown into a criminal investigation she wants no part of. At stake is the fate of the child the victim left behind, the result of an affair with a married man. Clara is called upon by the father to help him gain custody of his little daughter, but he and his wife soon begin to doubt she is up to the job. Clara is running out of money and has no choice but to take the next available case. Convicted killer Ian Clemence, a stalker who photographs young women, is the number one suspect in the murder. He's fresh out of prison and itching to make up for lost time. The press is all over the case, and the police are eager to nail him.  So why does Clara believe that he's innocent?Risking her career, her reputation, and her life, she sets out to prove the past has no hold on the future, while a killer comes ever closer to making her the next victim....