Why did he leave her alive?They find the girl in the master bedroom, the bodies of the family around her. She' s holding a gun to her head. And she will only talk to Smoky Barrett.Smoky is just starting to pick up the pieces of her own life. She knows what it' s like to lose everyone you love. But her tragedy is nothing compared with this case. Because this isn' t the first time it' s happened. Sixteen-year-old Sarah Kingsley has lost her family before. Not once, but twice.Someone out there wants her to stare death in the face - again and again . . .