Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police
detective -- a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters
Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town.
Both appear miserable and better off without each other -- or so decides
Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly.
Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental
inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones
loom for her and her young charge.
Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective of novels such as Case Histories,
is embarking on a different sort of rescue: that of an abused dog. Dog
in tow, Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed
goes unpunished.
