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Tabula Rasa
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A tragic house fire puts arson investigator Billy Nightingale and State Trooper Sebastian Bly on the trail of an unusual killer.
While tracking the clues at a fire scene, Billy and Sebastian discover a dangerous and determined arsonist whose motive is attention and whose victims are her own children. One mysterious baby, however, survives. She is rescued by Billy, adopted by Sebastian and his wife, Annie, and named Merry to signify the happy new life they intend to give her. Believing that she can start all over again, blank slate, tabula rasa, Sebastian, Annie, and Billy create a fictional past for Merry, manufacturing a mother who was a ballerina instead of a murderess, and a past that was romantic instead of life-shattering.
Will her charmed family circle succeed in protecting young Merry from her dangerous and horrifying past, or will she be condemned to confront a demonic woman determined to destroy her?
Tabula Rasa is not only a gripping and entertaining novel, but also a sensitive, warm exploration of the deeper issues of what defines a family and an individual.
Published by: Harcourt, Inc.
Hardcover - August 2005
ISBN: 0-15-101079-X
Audio - Blackstone Audio Books
