ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย In Portland, Oregon, the wives of several prominent businessmen have disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only a black rose and a note with a simple message: โGone, But Not Forgotten.โ
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย An identical series of disappearances occurred in Hunterโs Point, New York, ten years agoโbut the killer was caught, the case was closed and the special โrose killerโ task force was disbanded.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Betsy Tannenbaum, a Portland wife and mother who has gained national recognition as a feminist defense attorney, is retained by multimillionaire Portland developer Martin Dariusโfor no apparent reason.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Nancy Gordon, a homicide detective for the Hunterโs Point Police Department and an original member of the โrose killerโ task force, hasnโt slept a full night in ten years, haunted by nightmares of a sadistic killer who, she swears, is still out there. . .
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Alan Page, the Portland district attorney, trying to make sense of the sudden series of disappearances, opens his front door one evening to find Nancy Gordon on his doorstepโdetermined to tell him a story he wonโt soon forget.
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Across the country, in Washington, D.C., the President of the United States has just selected United States Senator Raymond Colby to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.ย In a private meeting, Colby assures the President there are no skeletons in his closet.ย
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Complex, utterly compelling, and brilliantly executed, GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN is a book that truly lives up to its extraordinary advance praise:ย Once begun it simply cannot be put down.