Child's Play: A Thriller (3) (Elle Harrison Novels)

ISBN: 1608091910

Author: Jones, Merry

Condition: New

Since her husbands murder two years earlier, life hasnt been easy for Elle Harrison. Now, at the start of a new school year, the second grade teacher is determined to move on. Shes selling her house and delving into new experiences-like learning trapeze.Just before the first day of school, Elle learns that a former student, Ty Evans, has been released from juvenile detention where he served time for killing his abusive father. Within days of his release, Elles school principal, whod tormented Ty as a child, is brutally murdered. So is a teacher at the school. And Tys former girlfriend. All the victims have links to Ty.Tys younger brother, Seth, is in Elles class. When Seth shows up at school beaten and bruised, Elle reports the abuse, and authorities remove Seth and his older sister, Katie, from their home. Is Ty the abuser?Ty seeks Elle out, confiding that shes the only adult hes ever trusted. She tries to be open-minded, even wonders if hes been wrongly condemned. But when shes assaulted in the night, she suspects that Ty is her attacker. Is he a serial killer? Is she his next intended victim?Before Elle discovers the truth, shes caught in a deadly trap that challenges her deepest convictions about guilt and innocence, childhood and family. Pushed to her limits, shes forced to face her fears and apply new skills in a deadly fight to survive.