The Missing Ones, Edwin Hill
The Missing Ones, Edwin Hill
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The Missing Ones

Author: Edwin Hill

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 11 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2019


Synopsis

Hester Thursby has given up using her research skills to trace people who don't want to be found. A traumatic case a few months ago unearthed a string of violent crimes, and left Hester riddled with self-doubt and guilt. Caring for a four-year-old is responsibility enough in a world filled with terrors Hester never could have imagined before.

Finisterre Island, off the coast of Maine, is ruggedly beautiful and remote—the kind of place tourists love to visit, though rarely for long. But not everyone who comes to the island is welcome. A dilapidated Victorian house has become home to a group of squatters and junkies, and strangers have a habit of bringing trouble with them. A young boy disappeared during the summer, and though he was found safely, the incident stirred suspicion among locals. Now another child is missing. Summoned to the island by a cryptic text, Hester discovers a community cleaning up from a devastating storm—and uncovers a murder.

Soon Hester begins to connect the crime and the missing children. And as she untangles the secrets at the center of the small community, she finds grudges and loyalties that run deep, poised to converge with a force that will once again shake her convictions about the very nature of right and wrong . . .

About Edwin Hill

Edwin Hill has written for the LA Review of Books, The Life Sentence, Publishers Weekly, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. He is the vice president and editorial director for Bedford/St. Martin's, a division of Macmillan. He received a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University and an MFA from Emerson College. He lives in Boston with his partner, Michael, and their dog, Edith Ann.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Edwin

I spent a year sweating over this book, and you better believe I love it! Five proud stars. For anyone who read LITTLE COMFORT, I bet you have a question. This book answers it. That's all I'm saying!......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

Hester Thursby, the 4’9-3/4” librarian, heroine from Little Comfort returns in The Missing Ones. But Hester is not the same. The trauma she has suffered in the first novel have left her suffering PTSD - unable to work, unable to make decisions, unable to let four year old Kate out of her sight. Yes......more

Goodreads review by Kristy

Research librarian Hester Thursby returns in THE MISSING ONES, but she's not the same. Shaken by the traumatic series of events that occurred in book one, Hester is anxious and guilty. This affects her parenting of four-year-old, Kate, the daughter of her partner Morgan's sister, Daphne. (Follow tha......more

Goodreads review by Tracy

The Missing Ones by Edwin Hill Thank you #netgalley for the advanced readers copy for an honest review. This was a fast paced mystery about a lady named Hester who is taking care of her bestfriends daughter as if it was her own. Daphne is Hester's boyfriend's twin sister and her missing bestfriend. D......more