"Charlie Resnick is one of the most fully realized characters in modern crime fiction."--Sue Grafton

"Such satisfying reading. No wasted time here."--Publishers Weekly

When Nancy Phelan, a young woman who works at the housing office, is kidnapped from outside the office's Christmas party, suspicion falls on a young client who attacked her earlier that day. Little in Resnick's life is that simple, however, especially at Christmas, and as the mystery of Nancy's disappearance deepens, the most trusted of his team, Lynn Kellogg, unwittingly puts herself in the path of a dangerous psychopath.