Ransom Unpaid — Fred W. Hunter

LOST YEARS

Chicago detective Jeremy Ransom and his unofficial partner in crime, septuagenarian Emily Charters, arc facing a strange case of dark, desperate family secrets.

Abigail Pearson has a weak heart, all the more worrisome since she fears she's being "haunted" by her long-lost husband. Emily insists on looking after her, and witnesses firsthand the children who want her put away, as well as some bizarre motivations to scare the poor woman half to death.

As murder turns Jeremy's interest from unofficial to official, Emily's keen eye discerns something terribly wrong--and she believes Abigail is harboring a deadly secret... surrounding a legacy of tragedy being played out to its fatal conclusion.