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From the critically acclaimed author of Crooked River comes this fascinating novel about a young woman searching for answers about events that transpired ten years before when her brother disappeared without a trace—an utterly mesmerizing psychological thriller. Lucy Durant was only...

1986. Adrien, Étienne e Nina si conoscono in quinta elementare. Molto rapidamente diventano inseparabili e uniti da una promessa: lasciare la provincia in cui vivono, trasferirsi a Parigi e non separarsi mai. 2017. Un'automobile viene ripescata dal fondo di un lago nel piccolo paese in cui sono cresciuti. Il caso viene seguito da Virginie, giornalista dal passato enigmatico che ci rivela gli straordinari legami che uniscono quei tre amici d'infanzia. Che ne è stato di loro?

Peyton Cabot's 15th year will be a painful and transformative one. His father, the heroic but reluctant head of a moneyed Savannah family, has come home from WWII a troubled vet, drowning his demons in bourbon and distancing himself from his son. A tragic accident shows Peyton the depths of his parents' devotion to each other but interrupts his own budding romance with the girl of his dreams, Lisa Wallace. Struggling to cope with a young life upended, Peyton makes a daring decision: He will retrace a journey his father took at 15, riding his bicycle all the way to Key West, Florida.

There was another South in the 1960s, one far removed from the marches and bombings and turmoil in the streets that were broadcast on the evening news. It was a place of inner turmoil, where ordinary people struggled to right themselves on a social landscape that was dramatically shifting beneath their feet. This is the world of Valerie Fraser Luesse's stunning debut, Missing Isaac.