by Harlan Coben
First published 2016
Myron Bolitar stares at a teenager who vanished ten years ago. Two wealthy families lost their sons to kidnappers who took ransoms and disappeared. The families searched. Police investigated. Nothing surfaced. Now Myron and his partner Win have tracked down one boy, grown into a young man with secrets locked away. The teenager remembers little about his captivity or the friend taken alongside him. Myron pushes for answers while the families demand closure they never received. Each question reveals how much the boy has changed and how little he can say about those missing years. The second victim remains gone. Myron must decode what happened that day and discover whether the other boy can still come home. The case forces everyone to confront what family means when a child returns as a stranger.
Genres: suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, missing-person
Setting: United States
Period: Contemporary
387 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: kidnapping