First published 1998
A purple bicycle sits abandoned at a bus stop. Sadie has vanished without a trace. When her friend also disappears, local police quickly float the runaway theory to reporters. State Police Investigator Rouge Kendall sees through their hasty conclusion. The pattern triggers memories from fifteen years earlier when Father Paul Marie was imprisoned for a similar crime. Kendall knows these children didn't run away. Someone took them. As the investigation deepens, Kendall must confront the possibility that the wrong person went to prison years ago, or that a copycat predator now stalks the same community. The detective faces a race against time to find the missing children before they become victims of a crime that echoes from the past.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, detective
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: copycat-killer, race-against-time
Setting: Bus Stop
Period: Fifteen Years Ago
Paperback · Hutchinson
Content warnings: violence