As a child Penny was found abandoned. Grace Francome felt like fate brought Penny to her and her husband Arthur. But as she grew, Penny's actions grew more disturbing, and different "personalities" emerged. Now Penny is in the locked ward of a decaying state psychiatric hospital, charged with the murder of a stranger. Police had her fingerprints on the murder weapon and the victim's blood on her body and clothes. Dr. McHugh helped discover a new personality inside Penny: a young girl named Abigail. Is this the nameless girl who was abandoned in the park years ago? Are the personalities the key to Penny's past and to the murder? Or is she fooling them all - and about to get away with murder? -- adapted from jacket

"Grace never dreamt she'd visit her teenaged daughter Penny in the locked ward of a decaying state psychiatric hospital, charged with a shocking and brutal murder. There was not much question of her daughter's guilt: police had her fingerprints on the murder weapon and the victim's blood on her body and clothes. But they didn't have a motive. Grace blames herself, because that's what mothers do--they look at their choices and wonder, what if? But hindsight offers little more than the chance for regret"--,Provided by publisher