Amazon.com description: Product Description: In their youth, Munch and Ellen used to drink, take drugs, and various other things they'd rather forget, but somewhere along the line, Munch went straight and Ellen went to prison. Now, Ellen is about to be freed from the California Institution for Women and given another chance to make a life. Or will she? Just a day before her release, her world falls apart when someone tortures and murders her mother and stepfather. Ellen may be the next target. Munch wants to assist, but fears that helping Ellen might put Munch's eight-year-old daughter, Asia, at risk. That's where friendship stops and motherhood takes over. Unwilling to confide completely in the police because the whole truth would send Ellen back to prison, Munch embarks on a mission to find the killer and to cut the best possible deal for her friend. Work, friendship, loyalty, motherhood, men, and even Munch's sobriety are all put to the test in the six harrowing days leading up to a heartbreaking showdown. Munch must ask herself some tough questions. If she comes through this one, she'll never take anything for granted again...