"Tabula Rasa is a stunning novel. It shocks and revolts you, and then restores your faith
in humanity. Reuben writes not only of fire, but with fire."Dorothy Salisbury Davis, winner of the Grand Master
Award from the Mystery Writers of America

Tabula Rasa is not only a gripping and entertaining crime novel but also a sensitive, warm exploration of
the deeper issues of what defines a family and an individual.

Arson investigator Billy Nightingale and his brother-in-law, Officer Sebastian Bly, are called in to investigate a house
fire that killed two young children. The discovery of a baby hiding underneath the porch put Billy and Sebastian on
the trail of a murderous mother while Sebastian and his wife, Annie, raise baby Meredith without revealing her
dangerous and frightening past. Meredith grows up to be a promising young ballerina fueled in part by the fictional
past that Sebastian and Annie have invented for her. But the truth threatens their charmed family circle as Merry's
biological mother returns to finish what she started.

Tabula Rasa is not only a gripping and entertaining crime novel but also a sensitive, warm exploration of the
deeper issues of what defines a family and an individual.

Shelly Reuben is the author of Origin and Cause, Spent Matches, and the Edgar-nominated Julian Solo. She is a licensed private detective and has been investigating fires and arson in New York for over twenty years.

Anna Fields has found her true home behind the microphone after beginning her career on the stage in Washington, D.C. She has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards and won the coveted Audie Award in 2004.