This book deals with a distraught father who felt driven to steal his child from his divorced wife, a situation that happens often in today's world. Mazer shows very carefully why he felt compelled to do it and how his life was changed because of his decision. The only person in his family that he kept in contact with was his older sister who was miserable because of keeping the secret. As the story progresses, Terri begins to have nagging questions which her father will not answer. Not knowing the truth causes Terri to imagine even worse problems than the real one. Perhaps her father had murdered the man who had killed her.