M.K. Sherlock Author

The abduction of a child is a parent’s worst nightmare. Not for April Kaufman. When her five-year-old daughter turns up missing from day school, April finds herself the center of attention. Contributions pour in from a sympathetic public. When she identifies the skeletal remains of a child discovered in a wooded area as her daughter, she is certain of success in a ten million dollar lawsuit against the deep-pocket childcare chain.

BenBen Bennett, a mentally-challenged custodian at the day care center is convicted of Amy Kaufman’s abduction and murder and sentenced to life in prison. He professes to Darby Yale, a police detective who was instrumental in his arrest that Amy is his friend and still alive. After interaction with BenBen, Darby comes to believe he did not commit the crime, and is determined to exonerate him. Despite being pursued by a hired killer, and faced with the damning evidence of a child’s remains, she begins an arduous journey to prove his innocence.