"College literature professor Dicey Carmichael has always had a soft spot for troubled students, and Elle Pandion is no exception. Though the girl never speaks of her past, Dicey suspects Elle's scars run deep. Her fears are confirmed when she learns that Elle has taken her own life. Devastated, Dicey and her best friend Gale try to piece together the facts of Elle's final days. Dicey turns to the artwork she left behind, and the disturbing images she finds there leads her to a horrific conclusion: Elle did not commit suicide. She was murdered. But why would anyone kill Elle? She was silenced long ago by the demons of her past. As Dicey digs deeper, she begins to suspect that Elle died trying to protect someone she loved, someone they love, and the mystery of the young woman's death takes a sinister turn"--Author's WWW site