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At the scene of a house fire, Detective Kim Stone discovers that two teen aged children and their parents have died, each body marked by a gunshot wound, the mother holding the gun. Kim uncovers a tiny, vital clue that suggests someone else could be the killer and that the remaining family members are in danger.

The victim is lying under the trees, arms lifted above his head, unnaturally still. His muscles are slack. His eyes are empty. There are no signs of life. But he is not quite dead…When Detective Kim Stone races to the crime scene, there is no body waiting for her: the paramedics are desperately trying to save the victim’s life. But there was something very strange about the way the man was found, his arms raised above his head, his legs...