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Book Review of Sleep Softly

Sleep Softly
Sleep Softly
Author: Gwen Hunter
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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As a forensic nurse in rural South Carolina, Ashlee Davenport Chadwick acts as both caregiver and copy, gathering evidence from anyone who arrives in the local E.R. as the result of a crime. It's a tough job, both physically and emotionally draining, but deeply satisfying.

Then a child's red shoe is discovered on Davenport property. The evidence leads Ashlee to the body of a missing girl and her work suddenly invades every aspect of her life. As an expert and a witness, she much call upon all her resources. And, when the killer's eye turns to her, she becomes intimately involved with a crime that tests her mind and her spirit...and the price of failure will be another child's life.