In the concluding volume of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition in a Swedish hospital, a bullet in her head. But she's fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she'll stand trial for three murders. 

In Linwood Barclay’s riveting new thriller, an ordinary man’s desperate search for his daughter leads him into a dark world of corruption, exploitation, and murder. Tim Blake is about to learn that the people you think you know best are the ones harboring the biggest secrets.

Joe Trumbull is not a man who scares easily. As a juvenile probation officer, he’s half cop, half social worker. But tonight Joe Trumbull is scared to death. It’s been two years since his fiancée was brutally murdered. He’s finally going on a blind date, his first date since Laurel’s death. Marlene Frost is a beautiful woman: warm and funny, with a smile to match. After the first awkward minutes, Joe finally starts to think this isn’t such a bad idea after all. In fact, maybe this blind date will turn out to be one of the best things that ever happened to him. He couldn’t be more wrong. Because somehow, for reasons Joe doesn't yet understand, this one evening will mark the beginning of a new nightmare that will lead him to the most terrible realization of all.…