Beyond the Cover with special guest Brad Parks
b'Brad Parks "Closer Than You Know":\\xa0Brad Parks delivers another riveting, emotionally powerful stand-alone domestic suspense thriller perfect for fans of\\xa0The Couple Next Door\\xa0and\\xa0What She Knew.\\n\\nDisaster,\\xa0Melanie Barrick was once told,\\xa0is always closer than you know.\\n\\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 named Alex--she thought that turmoil was behind her.\\n\\n\\nUntil one Tuesday evening when she goes to pick up Alex from childcare only to discover he\'s been removed by Social Services. And no one will say why. It\'s a terrifying scenario for any parent, but doubly so for Melanie, who knows the unintended horrors of what everyone coldly calls "the system."\\xa0\\n\\n\\nHer nightmare mushrooms when she arrives home to learn her house has been raided by sheriff\'s deputies, who have found enough cocaine to send Melanie to prison for years. The evidence against her is overwhelming, and if Melanie can\'t prove her innocence, she\'ll lose Alex forever.\\n\\n\\nMeanwhile, assistant commonwealth\'s attorney Amy Kaye--who has been assigned Melanie\'s case--has her own troubles. She\'s been dogged by a cold case no one wants her to pursue: a serial rapist who has avoided detection by wearing a mask and whispering his commands. Over the years, he has victimized dozens of women.\\n\\n\\nIncluding Melanie. Yet now her attacker might be the key to her salvation . . . or her undoing.'