Ruth Hartland is a psychotherapist with years of experience. However, she is still experiencing private grief over the disappearance of her son. When a new patient enters for his appointment, she is startled by how closely he resembles her son. Dan is traumatized and unstable, and Ruth is determined to help him. However, with continued conversations with Dan, Ruth feels her professional resolve is starting to slip. Before long, her professional judgment is clouded . . . and then someone gets hurt.
This is a "ticking timebomb" story where you know something bad is going to happen, and you can't believe the main character can't see it coming. At least, that was some of the frustration I had with this book --- it was like Ruth knew she was on dangerous ground but couldn't get out of her own way. At times, I found her to be pretty difficult to relate to --- but I still found the book to be interesting enough to finish. However, not good enough to remember much about once I had finished it and moved on to another book.
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