Sophie Warner watches from shore as her husband rows their daughter out into the water. The three-year-old is entranced with her first experience crabbing. But then, the unthinkable. A man approaches, attacks Sophie, and she's never seen alive again. Author Gregg Olsen is a master of weaving truth within lies. Throughout the book I had several moments where I was sure who was behind Mrs. Warner's disappearance, but each time I had an "aha", my finger turned on another character. With so much to gain, and even more to lose, everyone seemed to have a stake in the kidnapping and murder of the young mother. The novel was so gripping, I had a hard time putting it down and spent most of the last 24 hours walking the house with my kindle in my hand, stealing a quick paragraph here and there as I went about my day. I even got scolded for reading through dinner, something we banned long ago to focus on our family time. "How dare you read at the di...
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