The novels featuring NYPD Detective April Woo have been praised as "masterful" (Booklist) and "intense" (Publishers Weekly). Now, April finds herself caught between New York City powerhouse politics and ethnic expectations when a young Chinese-American mother is beaten unconscious, and her newborn son is gone. The woman's domineering husband wants to control the entire investigation. The mayor wants the case solved yesterday. And April's new boss is just waiting for her to make a career-killing mistake.To find the missing child, and find the motive behind the mystery, April must return to her old Chinatown precinct -- and uncover the hidden shame of a hostile community -- before someone decides to make this case her last.