Fresh Kills

Wracked by guilt, Cass searches for a young mother{u2019}s killer On the western edge of Staten Island, not far from the city dump, lies a watery patch of earth known as Fresh Kills. It{u2019}s an old Dutch name, and it has nothing to do with violence{u2014}until now. A defense lawyer in private practice, Cass lets a friend talk her into handling something she wouldn{u2019}t normally touch: an adoption case. It was meant to be open and shut, but it gets messy when the mother, Amber, decides to keep the child{u2014}a decision that will mean her death. She is found facedown in the mud of Fresh Kills, and Cass Jameson can{u2019}t help but feel that it is all her fault. To wash her hands of guilt, Cass must find Amber{u2019}s killer, a search that will take her into a brutal part of the underworld, where children are just another commodity to be bought and sold