I had mixed feelings at the ending, but they were mostly positive, as it seemed their lives would definitely improve. Johnny's twin sister Alyssa would not return, nor would his father but there was some closure .
Johnny's father had not left his family, but was killed in his search for his daughter. Alyssa's death was not the horror story it seemed it was but sudden and accidental. The cover-up of her death rocked Johnny's world, but his mother's return to stability and the presence of Detective Hunt were positive.
It was difficult to put it aside once I got into it, although I mostly read it in the daytime. I'm a comfort reader also, I read mysteries but medieval and ancient history mysteries have characters long dead and in a different setting than North Carolina.
From the publisher:"Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he’d been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is---confident in a way that he can never fully explain."
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