A gripping story with dramatic twists, and a memorable heroine.” — James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“What a terrific bookstrong, tough, smart and powerful. This compassionate and compelling mystery reveals the disturbing reality of one woman’s quest for justicewhile a bleak and sinister culture tries to bury the truth.” — Hank Phillippi Ryan, the Mary Higgins Clark, Agatha, and Anthony Award-winning author of The Wrong Girl
“Unflinching and gritty detail . . . the descriptions of both the court maneuverings and the Ozark community make this an entertaining read.” — Library Journal
“Anyone wanting to learn about legal issues and court procedures within a good story should read Allen’s books. She brings her experience and knowledge to the page to make the plots and characters believable.” — Elise Coopier for Crimespree Magazine
“An authentic legal thriller from an exciting new voice.” — Mari Hannah, Polari Prize-winning author of The Murder Wall
“Allen’s heat-drenched Ozark courtrooms, her heroine stifled both literally and metaphorically by the circumstances surrounding her, are rendered hotter than hell by her talent for crafting a truly disturbing young villain. The Elsie Arnold series deserves to run and run.” — Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls and The Killer Next Door
“A smartly written page-turner, and entertaining expose of Ozark justice and injustice.” — Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot
“A legal page-turner . . . think John Grisham meets Daniel Woodrell as Allen touches on the racism, poverty and sexism that are as much a part of the Ozarks as its rocky terrain. Her Elsie flies in the face of these local conventions.” — Riverfront Times (St. Louis)
“This is a mystery with a message by a Missouri lawyer and former prosecutor who knows her way around the legal system: adolescent girls anywhere are vulnerable prey to those who trawl from the dark reaches of the internet. The fourth in the Ozarks Mystery series features the engaging Elsie, in an offbeat setting, a bit chastened but righteous and facing a cliff-hanger in the final pages.” — Booklist