MISSING — James McEwan

A subtle, psychological revelation of family secrets.“Trust me it is better to accept a lie than invent the truth.”Family history defines your identity but forgotten secrets may obscure the truth. Do you know who you are?A mystery of family bonds, love, lies, deception, and jealousy.The authorities place three-year-old Laura with a foster family. No one tells her why.Fifteen years later, Laura's trauma of feeling abandoned erupts in violence during a family history project. She has no relatives, no past life - she is a nobody.Laura returns to her birthplace to trace her parents and find out why they left her. In the Russet House attic, Laura finds old newspaper reports and reads of tragic events. Her mother is missing. Her father is dead.She persuades a retired police detective to investigate the unsolved mystery and find her mother. This unsettles her newly found relatives who advise her to go home and let the past rest.Through shocking turns, a fifteen-year-old secret unravels in a final twist.