In time of stress people don't always do the right thing. Perhaps none of us know how we would react in any given situation. For Glen Bauer everything changes in an instant. Glen is happily married and the father of Sara (who I think is 8). His wife, Liz, commutes to a high-powered job. Glen is an accountant who mostly works at home and therefore is in charge of picking up Sara from school. He has done it hundreds of times. But this time is different. It starts out with a little road rage. But it ends with an accident. A teenager is killed. Glen realizes that no one saw the accident - except for Sara. When the police come, Glen finds himself changing the story to make him look less guilty. It just might work - except what did Sara see and what will she tell her mom? And then there is that pesky detective who is a bit like Columbo. It gets harder and harder to keep Sara away from him. As Liz begins to learn more about what happened, their marriage begins to dissolve. It is a short book but powerful.
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