Without a Word

✍ Scribed by Benjamin, Carol Lea

• Book ID: 108702549
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 379 KB
• Series: Rachel Alexander and Dash Mystery 8
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Private investigator Rachel Alexander and her pit bull Dashiell return in this stylish, dark, emotionally complex seventh mystery from former detective and noted dog trainer Carol Lea Benjamin.

When a distraught father approaches private investigator Rachel Alexander in a New York City park, asking her to help find his missing wife, Rachel accepts--reluctantly. After all, the chances of finding a woman who disappeared without a trace--and without a word--five years earlier are slim. But it's the missing woman's daughter who touches her most deeply--a troubled young girl whose mother's disappearance has rendered her mute. The child is also suspected of the murder of her doctor, a rich neurologist who was brutally stabbed one night while he was alone in his office. Rachel knows the disturbed girl can't be a murderer, but her investigation reveals that against all odds, it could be someone from her past. And against a...