Closer Than You Know By Brad Parks NEW Paperback (Fiction) Book

Visit Our Shop\nAdd To Saved Sellers\nJoin Our Newsletter\nContact Us\n\nCloser Than You Know\n\nDescription\nDisaster, Melanie Barrick was once told, is always closer than you know.\n\nIt was a lesson she learned the hard way growing up in the constant upheaval of foster care. But now that she's survived into adulthood - with a loving husband, a steady job, and a beautiful baby boy - she thought that turmoil was behind her.\n\nUntil the evening she goes to pick up her son from childcare, only to discover he's been removed by Social Services. And no one will say why.\n\nA terrifying scenario for any parent, it's doubly so for Melanie, all too aware of the unintended horrors of 'the system'. When she arrives home, her nightmare gets worse - it has been raided by Sheriff's deputies, who have found enough cocaine to send her to prison for years. If Melanie can't prove her innocence, she'll lose her son forever. Her case is assigned to Amy Kaye, a no-nonsense assistant Commonwealth's attd