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"A completely enjoyable site-turner."--Phillip MargolinLeeman Hayes, a black teen-ager in Tulsa, is accused of brutally killing a lady. As lawyer Ben Kincaid challenges to draw together a protection, a kid is falling in to the clutches of the child molester. Five-year-old Abie Rutherford, eager for acceptance and unhappy, believes the fine, cheerful stranger inside the baseball hat may be that friend he's wished for. When Abie Rutherford disappears with no trace one warm summer evening, Ben Kincaid, like everyone in Tulsa, fears the worst.