Fifteen years ago a young girl by the name of Moonlight
Smith went to her best friend Nicky Nowak's house for a
sleepover. Moonlight joined the family for breakfast the
following morning and was then picked up by her mother.
Shortly after, Mr. Nowak went for a walk.
He was never seen again.
Autumn has arrived on the mountains above Trafalgar, B.C.,
and the promise of winter is in the air. Constable Molly
Smith is cuddled by the fireplace with Adam Tocek of the
RCMP when Tocek and his dog Norman are called to a
wilderness camping ground to join the search for a little
boy who snuck away from his family looking for bears.
The child is found, dirty, terrified, weeping, but unharmed.
Then the inquisitive Norman digs up something else: human bones.
The ID isn't positive, but it is enough to have Sergeant
John Winters of the Trafalgar City Police pulling old boxes
from the basement to re open the Brian Nowak investigation.
He finds a family shattered beyond recognition by the
disappearance of their husband and father. Mrs. Nowak is an
empty shell of a woman, dressed in pajamas, never leaving
the house. Her son Kyle haunts the streets of Trafalgar at
night and spends his days creating beautiful, but highly
troubling, art. Nicky Nowak lives in Vancouver and has grown
up to be gorgeous, charming, elegant. Yet behind that facade
lies a woman whose heart has closed so tightly against human
relationships she comes to Trafalgar trailing in her wake a
terrifying threat to another innocent family.
As the investigation into the life and disappearance of
Brian Nowak grows, old secrets are brought to light and new
ones struggle to remain hidden.
I had pre-ordered this book, and read it fast. I was sad when I finished it, as I knew I'd have to wait a long time for the continuation of Molly/Moonlight and her adventures. Surrounded by an unorthodox mother, Mountie boyfriend, and other well rounded characters in the town of Trafalgar, this latest addition to the saga is provocative and suspenseful. It leaves us wanting more, and I hope I will not have to wait too long! (Martha Paley Francescato 10:33pm April 30, 2011)
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