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Finally, a novel of literary suspense that gets almost everything rightforensically and psychologically.Sarah Weinman, In this "mystery of cold beauty and dark isolation, written with crystalline precision" (), a series of crib deaths in Syracuse, New York, draws the attention of police and national media. Is a serial infant murderer at large?A "haunting story, icy cold in its upstate New York setting but glowing with the unusual brightness of its heroine" (), stars a solitary fingerprint examiner who finds herself playing a critical role in the case. Diana Abu-Jaber, a "gifted and graceful writer" (), masterfully "transcends formula" () as "the tension of escalates, shaped as much by beautifully nuanced prose as menacing events" (). Reading group guide included.