02578cam a2200373 i 4500 623558690 TxAuBib 20180314120000.0 180111s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018001032 9781432844271 hardcover 143284427X hardcover (OCoLC)1019835034 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda OCLCO rda DLC OCLCF IV7 OPW OJ4 TXDPL TxAuBib OCLCO OCLCF IV7 OPW OJ4 TXDPL TxAuBib rda Parks, Brad, 1974-, author. Closer Than You Know : By Brad Parks. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018. ©2018. 627 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Disaster, Melanie Barrick was once told, is always closer than you know. It was a lesson she learned the hard way growing up in the constant upheaval of foster care. But now that she's survived into adulthood--with a loving husband, a steady job, and a beautiful baby boy named Alex--she thought that turmoil was behind her. Until one Tuesday evening when she goes to pick up Alex from childcare only to discover he's been removed by Social Services. And no one will say why. It's a terrifying scenario for any parent, but doubly so for Melanie, who knows the unintended horrors of what everyone coldly calls "the system." Her nightmare mushrooms when she arrives home to learn her house has been raided by sheriff's deputies, who have found enough cocaine to send Melanie to prison for years. The evidence against her is overwhelming, and if Melanie can't prove her innocence, she'll lose Alex forever. Meanwhile, assistant commonwealth's attorney Amy Kaye--who has been assigned Melanie's case--has her own troubles. She's been dogged by a cold case no one wants her to pursue: a serial rapist who has avoided detection by wearing a mask and whispering his commands. Over the years, he has victimized dozens of women. Including Melanie. Yet now her attacker might be the key to her salvation ... or her undoing."--Dust jacket. 20180314. Women lawyers Fiction. False arrest Fiction. Women Crimes against Fiction. Large type book. Suspense fiction. Thrillers. Fiction. TXKPL