Synopses & Reviews
Surgical pathologist Dooley McSweeny and his wife dearly love the son they adopted from Russia four years ago. But when medical tests indicate that their little boy could not possibly have come from Russia, the couple is plunged into the dark, complex, and emotionally fraught world of international adoption. Who is their son? Where did he come from? How did he come to them? The answers to these questions threaten to destroy their marriage, their happiness—and their lives—as they explode a powder keg of political intrigue.
Review
"Splendid . . . a muckraking thriller that from beginning to end will keep readers gasping with wonder and outrage."-
Chicago Sun-Times"With brutal clarity, the story rushes toward an inevitable conclusion, the strength not in its surprise but in D'Amato's power to play the strong emotional material and create an all too believable tale of intrigue and greed."-The Houston Chronicle
"Another D'Amato stunner. . . . D'Amato knows how to wring suspense out of her subjects. . . . Fraught with tension . . . complex but riveting."-Booklist
Synopsis
Dr. Dooley McSweeny and his wife, Claudia, dearly love the son they adopted from Russia four years ago. But when medical tests indicate that their little boy could not possibly have come from Russia, the couple is plunged into the dark, complex and emotionally fraught world of international adoption.
Who is their son? Where did he come from? How did he come to them? The answers to these questions threaten to destroy their marriage, their happiness-and their lives-as they explode a powder keg of betrayal and deceit.
About the Author
Barbara DAmato is the author of
Authorized Personnel Only, which recently won the first Mary Higgins Clark Award, and
Good Cop, Bad Cop, which won the Carl Sandburg Award for Excellence in Fiction. She has received high praise for her many novels and a non-fiction book. She lives in Chicago with her husband.