J.G. Hetherton has written a wonderful, fast-paced novel with a remarkable, and flawed, hero - Laura Chambers. This book is very difficult to put down -- believe me, I tried, and I kept coming back to it. As a reporter, Laura is drawn to the story of the missing girls -- and eventually with a great cast of supporters -- links it to years-old disappearances. It's how she puts the pieces together and keeps pushing herself to solve/find this missing girls that is so admirable... she has doubts and worries (and a bad car and strange mother), but she keeps her focus throughout this fantastic book. A definite must read!

After being fired from her job at the Boston Globe, journalist Laura Chamber returns home to small town North Carolina with her tail between her legs. She has no choice but to accept a job at the local paper, where she’s afraid she might die of boredom. But then a missing girl turns up dead, and suddenly, Laura has the beginning of a story that dates back years. When Patty Finch disappeared all those years ago, people thought it was terrible, but assumed it was a one-ff. Not even close. Children have been disappearing from the area for years, and Laura begins to investigate, believing this story will get her back in the big league again. She never dreams that the information she digs up will get uncomfortable close to home. This book kept me up all night. Heatherton delivers a story that will have readers begging for more