Cecilia “CC” de Poitiers

Cecilia "CC" de Poitiers is the daughter of Elle, mother of Crie, and wife of Richard Lyon. The action of the book is focused on determining who killed CC and why. CC is described as being a cold, cruel woman who hurts those around her. She had picked on her husband so much that she has weakened him to the point that he depends on her to tell him what to do. She has hurt her daughter so badly that Crie had disappeared within herself. In fact, it is Crie who kills CC. Perhaps, she did so because her mother criticized her singing during a Christmas Eve church service. It was apparently the last straw for Crie, who could take no more abuse from her mother.

CC, in turn, was raised by a mother with mental issues. On the day that she was taken from...