Becki Reiser faced a mother's worst fear come true: the tragic murder of her daughter. Her book, "Through My Tears," written with Michael Comella, is an excruciating tale of this unimaginable time in Reiser's life.

The book opens with the night of the murder and the dreaded knock at the Reisers' door. One of the author's young sons went to the door, saw the police officer, and, too shocked to do much else, went to wake his parents. From that moment on, nothing would ever be the same for the author and her family. In fact, nothing would ever be the same for the officers, doctors,...