The little girl appeared in Central Park‎:‎ red‎-haired‎,‎ blue‎-eyed‎,‎ smiling‎,‎ perfect ‎- except for the blood on her shoulder‎.‎ It fell from the sky‎,‎ she said‎,‎ while she was looking for her uncle‎,‎ who turned into a tree‎.‎ Poor child‎,‎ people thought‎.‎ And then they found the body in the tree‎.‎ For NYPD detective‎,‎ Kathy Mallory‎,‎ there is something about the girl that she understands‎.‎ Mallory is damaged‎,‎ they say‎,‎ but she can tell a kindred spirit‎.‎ And this one will lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes‎;‎ murders stretching back fifteen years‎,‎ blackmail and complicity and a particular cruelty that only someone with Mallory‎'‎s history could fully recognise‎.‎ In the next few weeks‎,‎ Kathy Mallory will deal with them all ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎in her own way‎.‎