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Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles find themselves locked inside a high-security boarding school along with the students. They're told it's for their own safety. The school has been set up to provide a place of sanctuary for children who have lost their families in violent circumstances. But now there has been a murder within the grounds. Does the threat come from outside - or from within?
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Tess Gerritsen
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