num_pages: 304
description: Hester Thursby has given up using her research skills to trace people who dont want to be found. A traumatic case a few months ago unearthed a string of violent crimes and left Hester riddled withself-doubt and guilt. Caring for a four-year-old is responsibility enough in a world filled with terrors Hester never could have imagined before. Finisterre Island off the coast of Maine is ruggedly beautiful and remotethe kind of place tourists love to visit though rarely for long. But not everyone who comes to the island is welcome. A dilapidated Victorian house has become home to a group of squatters and junkies and strangers have a habit of bringing trouble with them. A young boy disappeared during the summer and though he was found safely the incident stirred suspicion among locals. Now another child is missing. Summoned to the island by a cryptic text Hester discovers a community cleaning up from a devastating stormand uncovers a murder. Soon Hester begins to connect the crime and the missing children. And as she untangles the secrets at the center of the small community she finds grudges and loyalties that run deep poised to converge with a force that will once again shake her convictions about the very nature of right and wrong . . .PRAISE FOR THE MISSING ONESA brilliantly composed mysterya hurricane of suspense with squalls of twists thatll just take your breath away. A salty stormy and seductive read.- Mario Giordano author of Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions and Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of EtnaDarkly textured and gorgeously twisted this atmospheric novel of suspense proves Edwin Hill is a major talent. A master class in setting and character and with penetrating psychological insight this story is seamless and surprising and devastatingas turbulent and unpredictable as a New England gale.Hank Phillippi Ryan best-selling and award-winning author of THE MURDER LIST
language: English
title: The Missing Ones
publisher: Kensington