- Hardcover: 498 pages
- Publisher: Magna Large Print Books; Large Print Ed edition (15 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750520922
- ISBN-13: 978-0750520928
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 13.8 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,825,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Irish Times, April 2003
Parsons weaves her story in with Nick's with consummate skill, making this an intriguing exploration into loss, crime and its motives.
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Format:Paperback
I liked the synopsis and decided to give the book a try. After only a few pages, I found myself browsing rather than reading because I found the book hard to read, going back and forth between past and present and reliving for me too many times, too many things from the past until I didn't know where he was supposed to be. I couldn't even reach the middle of the book but had to stop because it was a torture to go on.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
First book I've read by this author.......
Ten years ago Nick spent the afternoon in bed with his mistress rather than care for his 8 year old son Owen. His son was never seen again.
Nick roamed from town to town trying to live with the guilt. As the 10th anniversary of his sons dissappearance approaches he decides it's time to go home, face his wife and his past. His efforts to find out what happened to Owen lead him into a dark and sinister world.....
I enjoyed this book...no real surprises though!
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Fascinating but disturbing...
14 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
Trawling through my bookshelf I stumbled across this last Saturday morning, and didn't remember even buying it! I'm glad I did.
This moving and disturbing story tells the tale of Owen Cassidy, an 8 year old who disappeared from his home one Halloween and was never seen again. It's about his father Nick, who has been in self-imposed exile from his wife Susan, who comes home for the 10 year anniversary of his son's disappearance.
It's about Min, the rookie guard who has never forgotten her first major case, and her struggle following the unexpected death of her husband to cope with her job and her young twin sons.
And it's about the other people affected by Owen's life and disappearance.
I couldn't put this one down, finishing the book in the wee small hours of Sunday morning. Not a pleasant read, by any stretch of the imagination, as the subject matter is frank and disturbing. Adultery, lies, mental illness, child abuse, paedophilia and loss and sorrow.
I'm busy hunting down more from this new to me author...
This moving and disturbing story tells the tale of Owen Cassidy, an 8 year old who disappeared from his home one Halloween and was never seen again. It's about his father Nick, who has been in self-imposed exile from his wife Susan, who comes home for the 10 year anniversary of his son's disappearance.
It's about Min, the rookie guard who has never forgotten her first major case, and her struggle following the unexpected death of her husband to cope with her job and her young twin sons.
And it's about the other people affected by Owen's life and disappearance.
I couldn't put this one down, finishing the book in the wee small hours of Sunday morning. Not a pleasant read, by any stretch of the imagination, as the subject matter is frank and disturbing. Adultery, lies, mental illness, child abuse, paedophilia and loss and sorrow.
I'm busy hunting down more from this new to me author...
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