BURY HER SWEETLY: A Blair Emerson novel (The Blair Emerson Series)

BURY HER SWEETLY: A Blair Emerson novel (The Blair Emerson Series)

Funeral director Blair Emerson knows tragedy and loss are part of life. Grieving families remind her that no one is immune to heartache. A decade ago, Blair's anguish turned intense when her toddler, Brandi, was abducted, and her marriage crumbled in the aftermath. Now a late-night phone call awakens long-buried hopes. My name is April. Lenny says I'm your daughter. Blair's inner warning systems shout that the call is a cruel hoax. But when a package arrives containing a red plastic shovel and a faded little swimsuit, all alarms go silent. Blair had bought them for Brandi in April, the month she disappeared. Driven by hope and longing, Blair struggles to meet the kidnapper's demands, but obstacles loom. The kidnapper's greed. A woman addled by voices. And an old man made vicious by a stroke. When a wave of events plunges her into a police investigation, Blair becomes a suspect in a crime that is hauntingly familiar. Now she faces the unimaginable, that her daughter could be gone forever.