The Burden of Truth (A Gillian Jones Mystery Book Book 2)

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A car accident shattered the ankle and first marriage of probation-officer Gillian Jones. In her mid-thirties, Gillian has remarried and life would be perfect if only she had a child. Her 17-year-old probation client, Jessica Coffers, abandoned her baby as a newborn. Jessica is now raising the rescued infant, even though some people in Bend Brook, Nebraska, are pressuring the county attorney to file additional charges. Jessica’s guardians want the baby put up for adoption to avoid any further controversy. Gillian knows she would be the perfect match for the child, but she cannot reconcile the loving mother she sees on a weekly basis with the crime she’s been accused of committing.

Bob Johanson has cancer and needs some answers about his deceased daughter before he dies. Over twenty years ago someone attempted to rape his daughter and used her childhood nickname of JoJo. Now Bob wants Gillian to identify the would-be rapist. Gillian considers the request a lost cause until details of the assault reveal that Bend Brook might be harboring a serial rapist. When the county attorney is murdered, Jessica is the prime suspect, but Gillian knows the killer stole old police reports that would identify the rapist. As Gillian throws herself into uncovering the truth, she finds the questions painful and the answers deadly.