First published 1998
When eight-year-old Amanda McCready vanishes without a trace, private investigator Patrick Kenzie is hired to find her. His search through Boston's underbelly uncovers a tangled web of drug dealers, pedophiles, and powerful men willing to do anything to keep their sins hidden. As the clock ticks, Kenzie races to piece together the clues and locate the missing girl before it's too late. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes this case is not black and white - the girl's own troubled family holds devastating secrets that could shatter more than one life.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: investigation, missing-person
Setting: Boston, Massachusetts
Period: 1990-, Meiguo
412 pages · Mass Market Paperback · William Morrow Paperbacks
Content warnings: pedophilia