In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned . . .When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man - Michael Sutton - contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a strange and disturbing memory which just might provide the key to the mystery. He may have stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh's body . . .But Michael's account is indistinct he was only展开