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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf (June 20, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307263665
ISBN-13: 978-0307263667
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches

“In keeping with the truly best writers, Hyde examines both sides of the issue, but offers only questions that probe deep into the secret hearts of readers everywhere. For answers, they will have to turn to themselves. . . . Compelling and timely. . . . A must-read.”—The Denver Post

This book was a gift from a very dear friend. Its a routine that my friends gift me books for all the special occassion in my life. The reason being I feel books any kind are the most treasured gift one can get. This books title actually was unlike anything I had heard, but as I have told in my previous reviews never judge a book by its title and cover, I repeat myself again. I completed this book in three hours. I am thankful to my friend to have gifted this book actually I was taken by surprise from her choice of book. I really enjoyed the characters.Its a mixture mystery and fiction. You get to see both the sides of a character, their faulty first and why they are like that. I takes lot of courage to write such a book with all the details about abortion. I highly recommend this book.

Synopsis
Two weeks before Christmas, Diana Duprey, an outspoken abortion doctor, is found dead in her swimming pool. A national figure, Diana inspired passion and ignited tempers, but never more so than the day of her death. Her husband Frank, a longtime attorney in the DA’s office; her daughter Megan, a freshman in college; the Reverend Stephen O’Connell, founder of the town’s pro-life coalition: all of them quarreled with Diana that day and each one has something to lose in revealing the truth. Meanwhile the detective on the case struggles for the answers — and finds himself more intimately involved than he ever could
have imagined.

About the Author
Elisabeth Hyde was born and raised in New Hampshire, and briefly practiced law for the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In 1982, she took some time off to write her first novel, Her Native Colors, and never looked back. She has been awarded working scholarships to the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, teaches creative writing through artist-in-residence programs, and is also the author of Monoosook Valley and Crazy as Chocolate. She lives in Colorado with her family.