About the book: 2005 / Peter Scattergood has it all: the position of deputy district attorney, a loving wife and a house in a prestigious area. He is confident that the case assigned to him about the murder of the mayor's nephew and his lover will be the first step on the ladder leading to the heights of his career. But Peter's illusions collapse in an instant. Unexpectedly, his wife leaves him, the double murder case stalls, and Scapergood has to go through a series of dark days before he uncovers a terrible secret linking the disappearance of his wife with the bloody drama in the family of a high-ranking politician..