Audrey A. (Arosea) reviewed on 6/17/2015 + 406 more book reviews

Every now and then you pick up a book that you don't want to stop reading. You don't want people to talk to you and make you stop, you don't want to stop and do your chores, you have to stop and go to sleep but do it looking forward to tomorrow when you can pick up your book again. This was that book for me. Hart did it all. A mystery that took a few side trips but was eventually solved. Characters that were developed and made you care about them. A story of friendship and misunderstandings and lies and love and human frailties. Johnny is a twin. His twin sister did not make it home from school a year ago. She set off on her own when her dad was late and never arrived. Mom fell apart. She could not deal with it and blamed the dad. One day the dad didn't come home. Johnny was left to fend for himself, do for his mom as best as he could while she wallowed in grief, tried to burn the family pictures, stayed drugged and was being kept by a man who was domineering and even violent. Johnny was determined to find his sister and turn back the clock to his happy family. He was twelve or thirteen but could drive the car to get groceries, cleaned their clothes, and investigated the known sex offenders in the town while his mom was knocked out from pills.
Johnny did his research. Johnny had maps and notes he took when he spied. Johnny has his best friend to skip school with. Johnny has a police investigator interested in his well being and that of his mom. This author ties up all the loose ends. Great book I'm recommending to my book club.

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