Eyes of a Child

About this book

Ricardo Arias is found dead the gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like suicide but the physical evidence strongly suggests murder. The police investigation uncovers an estranged wife Terri Peralta; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter Elena; heated charges of child abuse; and a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney Christopher Paget. Paget has motive--its his son accused of abusing Elena his political plans for the future put at risk by the dead mans accusations and his alibi that is dangerously threadbare. And the shocking revelations that threaten to explode in the courtroom may remain hidden forever...by Chris Pagets refusal to testify on his own behalf...by Elenas tangled loyalties...and by dark secrets that some desperately wish to keep silent....