Have you ever wondered about why people go missing? Sometimes its complicated, other times they are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. This collection of short stories explore those reasons.
Set against the violent turmoil of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, this powerful debut explores the wrenching impact of political ideologies on individual lives in a way that is resonant and timely.” —Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of ...
Beautifully written with a riveting plot and a richly drawn, diverse cast of characters, Hearts of the Missing is the mesmerizing debut from 2017 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Carol Potenza.
"In the vein of The Lovely Bones and The Little Friend, Ghosts of the Missing follows the mysterious disappearance of a twelve-year-old girl during a town parade and the reverberations of this tragedy throughout the town"--
"They disappeared.
Fast paced thriller from bestseller Margaret Peterson-Haddix whose previous series, Shadow Children (Random House), totalled sales of over 3 million.
A masterful novel set in 1920s Louisiana, The Missing is the story of Sam Simoneaux, a floorwalker at a New Orleans department store.
Crouch down by the other side of the bed. But—don't go away.” She picked up the lamp and hurried toward the door just as it opened wide, her father storming in. “Mileva, what—” “Bad dream,” Mileva said, looking convincingly dazed.
Police officer Darby is shocked by a murder investigation during which she realizes that the perpetrator is a serial killer who brutalized one of her friends years earlier and who is now targeting Darby as his next intended victim.
Andrea doesn’t seem that interested in leaving the past. And even worse, it appears that someone has deliberately sabotaged their mission.
Using as its background the ongoing circumstance of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, this fictional thriller set in Winnipeg explores one teenager's response to a system that has long denied and misrepresented the ...