For Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella's childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents—moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella's own mother is convinced that her daughter is cursed or haunted.

In her rugged Italian village, Stella is considered an oddity—beautiful and smart, insolent and cold. Stella uses her peculiar

""Scottoline knows the simple yet magical secret at the heart of compelling suspense fiction."" — Philadelphia Inquirer

In the sixth riveting thriller in #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline's Rosato & Associates series, a lawyer is handed the case that could make her career—and jeopardize her life.

Judy Carrier takes the case of her career to defend Anthony Lucia, fondly known as ""Pigeon