Family Portrait

Two years have passed since Melanie Wilson's adoptive sister, Carla and her friends went out one night and never returned to the Rhoades University in White-Moor Hill. Melanie is convinced that Carla is still out there, and although everyone else has given up hope, she's still waiting for her return. Now, tired of waiting, she sets out with her friend Becky to find Carla and bring her home. So begins a road trip fraught with danger, as those responsible for Carla's disappearance are following Melanie's every step.Cassandra Winslow returns from university to Winslow Manor where her step-mother has made some unsettling changes to her childhood home. The deeper she and her new bodyguard Megan delve, the more secrets are uncovered: secrets that cast dark shadows over Cassandra's happy childhood.Stacey McManus, host of the conspiracy television show, 'The Real Truth', has been following Carla Wilson's story from the start. She barely survived an attack during her investigations in White-Moor Hill, but despite the best attempts of her adversaries to warn her off, Stacey still went on to broadcast her findings. Now her investigation into Carla's disappearance takes her to Washington D.C., where she finds political shenanigans afoot.As Melanie Wilson embarks on a desperate journey to find Carla, will the secrets lurking in the shadows and in plain sight be revealed in time?