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From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting new novel of legal suspense featuring Dismas Hardy and his daughter, Rebecca, now grown up and an associate in Hardy's law firm.Late one night, a teenage African American foster child named Tanya Paulson plummets to her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton tunnel. But did she fall ... or was she pushed Rushing to produce a convictable suspect in the glare of the media spotlight, homicide inspectors focus their attention on a nave young man named Greg Treadway. Greg is a middle school teacher and he volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. At first, the only thing connecting him to Tanya's death is the fact that they shared a meal earlier that night. But soon enough, elements of that story seem to fall apart .