Those Empty Eyes

Alex Armstrong is not the name she was born with. Ten years ago she was Alexandra Quinlan, a teenager filmed on television as she was led out in handcuffs from a quiet suburban home on the night her family was massacred. The media called her Empty Eyes.

Accused of the killings, she fought to clear her name and later testified in a publicized defamation lawsuit that held the nation's attention. Since then she has changed her name, her appearance and her backstory, hiding from true crime obsessives and reporters who still want to find her. She has never stopped looking for answers about that night.

Now Alex works as a legal investigator, pushing for justice on behalf of other people. Her current client is Matthew Claymore, a suspect in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Laura McAllister. Laura was a student journalist about to publish a major story about sexual assault and its concealment at her college. Alex is convinced of Matthew's innocence.

Her digging turns up troubling facts about university faculty, fraternity members and wealthy parents who will go to great lengths to shield their children. Then a connection surfaces between Laura's case and the murder of Alex's own family. This is a thriller built on identity, and the question driving it is who in either case is not what they appear.