When her late grandfather's dying deputy calls Mercy to his side, she and Elvis inherit the cold case that haunted him-- and may have killed him. But finding Beth Kilgore 20 years after she disappeared is more than a lost cause, it's a Pandora's box. The timing couldn't be worse: the man who murdered her grandfather escapes from prison and a fellow Army vet turns up claiming that Elvis is his dog, not hers. With her grandmother Patience gone missing,...

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