At ten years old, Erin Solomon watched the Payson Church of Tomorrow burn to the ground. Every effort to solve the mystery of that early tragedy has only brought more questions, many of them revolving around her father's dark past. Now, in the fourth novel in the Erin Solomon pentalogy, learn the truth about Adam Solomon's role in the Payson fire, Erin's history in the Church, and the forces behind more than three decades of secrets, lies, and murder. BEFORE THE AFTER finds Erin and Diggs in a desperate race to save Erin's mother, Kat, when they learn that the information she's been using to keep Erin safe for years has been destroyed. Using a code found on an encrypted memory card at the scene of their last case, Diggs and Solomon are closer than ever to discovering the truth behind the Payson Church, Mitch Cameron, and a mysterious company known as J. Enterprises, that lies at the heart of it all. But this time, someone in Erin's life will pay the ultimate price in her quest for the truth.