Gallery Books
October 2014
On Sale: October 14, 2014
384 pages ISBN: 1476757828 EAN: 9781476757827 Kindle: B00IWTWO4G Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Set against the backdrop of North Dakotaโs oil boom, two very different mothers form an uneasy alliance to find their missing sons in this heartrending and suspenseful novel from the Edgar Awardโnominated author of Garden of Stones.
The booming North Dakota oil business is spawning โman camps,โ shantytowns full of men hired to work on the rigs, in towns without enough housing to accommodate them. In such twilight spaces, itโs easy for a person to vanish. And when two young men in their first year on the job disappear without a trace, only their mothers believe thereโs hope of finding them. Despite reassurances that the police are on the case, the two women think the oil company is covering up the disappearancesโand maybe something more.
Colleen, used to her decorous life in a wealthy Massachusetts suburb, is determined to find her son. And hard-bitten Shay, from the wrong side of the California tracks, is the only person in town even willing to deal with herโbecause sheโs on the same mission. Overtaxed by worry, exhaustion, and fear, these two unlikely partners question each otherโs methods and motivations, but must work together against the town of strangers if they want any chance of finding their lost boys. But what they uncover could destroy them both...
Sure to please fans of Sandra Brown and Gillian Flynn, The Missing Place is a moving chronicle of survival, determination, and powerful bonds forged in the face of adversity.
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