Wow - that was an awesome ride. It was like a combination of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous meet True Detective sprinkled with a psychic reading. Charlotte, who goes by Charlie, is swimming in a sea of despair and grief over the loss of her young son. Unable to find the strength to go back to work she sinks deeper into gloom at home until a strange dream surrounding a young boy adrift in a row boat, floating gently in a swamp, whispers "help me". Is it a dream? Is it a sign meant from her son? Is she going crazy?

A call from a long-ago boss at True Crime magazine with a freelance project offer kindles a spark of life in Charlie. The job pertains to a wealth family in Louisiana and the cold case of their young son who was kidnapped 30 years ago and never found.

I changed my mind many times in the course of this story on who was the murderer, the true course of events that fateful night 30 years ago, but I didn't see everything that was about to be revealed. This was a great mystery filled with the mystic atmosphere of the deep south. You could almost feel the Spanish moss dripping off the trees brush your face as you walked the gardens of Evangeline. I'd had this book on my to read list for a couple of years. I'm glad that, just like Charlie in the story listened to her dreams, I listened to my gut feeling that said, "Now is the time to welcome this story into your library." I can't wait to see what other stories are on the shelf by this author.