Seeking to find refuge from his demons after killing a twelve-year-old child in a robbery gone bad, ex-cop Max Freeman now lives in a secluded cabin on South Florida. One night echoes of his past resurface when he finds a carefully wrapped corpse of a child in a web of vines as he is canoeing down river. A terrific mystery with the publishers advance letter laid-in. Fine Proof copy published before the First edition. Proofs are printed before the First edition in very limited quantities and are always more rare than the First edition. Tight and unread.