Life Penalty

It's every mother's worst nightmare and Gail Watson is living it: her six-year-old daughter Cindy was found brutally raped and strangled in a park only blocks from their home. Family and friends urge Gail to get on with her life, but Gail is living for just one thing: to see her daughter's killer caught and punished. After giving up on the police, Gail decides to go after Cindy's murderer herself, daring him to strike again in a spine-chilling search through a dark and dangerous underworld where only one of them can come out alive...
Joy Fielding is the bestselling author of the now-classic SEE JANE RUN, as well as STILL LIFE, NOW YOU SEE HER, SHADOW CREEK, WHISPERS & LIES, MAD RIVER ROAD, THE WILD ZONE, and other acclaimed novels of suspense. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida.
"Fielding has made the woman-in-jeopardy genre her own."
—People
"Fielding knows how to turn the screws of suspense."
—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Dramatic and heart-rending ... The emotions are almost tangible."
—Richmond Times Dispatch
"Tense and unforgettable."
—Anniston Star