Si vous vous perdez, asseyez-vous et criez ! Au camp Emerson, niché au coeur des Adirondacks, c'est l'une des règles d'or. Établie par la puissante famille Van Laar, qui habite les lieux, cette colonie de vacances pour adolescents a pour vocation de leur apprendre à survivre dans les bois, en toute sécurité. Été 1975, une jeune fille manque à l'appel : Barbara Van Laar, la seule héritière des propriétaires. Au milieu des arbres, aucun cri ne perce le silence, mais les interrogations fusent : la monitrice, les autres campeuses, le personnel et, bien sûr, la famille. Cette disparition ravive un drame ancien : quinze ans plus tôt, le fils des Van Laar s'est lui aussi évanoui dans la nature après une sortie en forêt avec son grand-père. Liz Moore promène son lecteur entre passé et présent avec une habileté saisissante. De découvertes en fausses pistes, elle nous tient en haleine sans jamais laisser retomber la tension dramatique, nous guidant à travers ces mystères aussi profonds que les bois.
Kensington, Philadelphie. Dans ce quartier gangrené par la drogue, la violence est monnaie courante. En effectuant ses rondes, Mickey, policière, songe à sa petite soeur Kacey qui a sombré dans la prostitution pour acheter son héroïne. Alors qu'elles étaient inséparables enfants, tout les oppose à présent. Mais quand Kacey disparaît alors qu'une série de meurtres fait rage dans le quartier, Mickey n'a plus qu'une obsession : retrouver le coupable et sa soeur avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.
''I was totally gripped by this sharp, layered novel. A riveting tale of a missing child that widens into a vast, acute portrait of youth, friendship, family secrets, and conflicting social circles'' Douglas Stuart
''A brilliant, riveting fox-trap of a novel - an epic mystery'' Miranda Cowley Heller
Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars.
Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son.
Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy.
Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the two disappearances aren''t connected.
Some say they are.
The New York Times bestseller and Guardian Book of the Month 'This flawless masterpiece deserves to be a bestseller.' DAILY EXPRESS 'Tough, tense and twisty - but tender, human and deeply affecting, too ... I don't have a sister, but when I finished the book I called my brother, just to hear his voice.' LEE CHILD 'An outstanding crime novel.' PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train _____________________________________ KENSINGTON AVE, PHILADELPHIA:
THE FIRST PLACE YOU GO FOR DRUGS OR SEX.
THE LAST PLACE YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR YOUR SISTER.
Mickey Fitzpatrick has been patrolling the 24th District for years. She knows most of the working women by name. She knows what desperation looks like and what people will do when they need a fix. She's become used to finding overdose victims: their numbers are growing every year. But every time she sees someone sprawled out, slumped over, cold to the touch, she has to pray it's not her sister, Kacey.
When the bodies of murdered sex workers start turning up on the Ave, the Chief of Police is keen to bury the news. They're not the kind of victims that generate a whole lot of press anyway. But Mickey is obsessed, dangerously so, with finding the perpetrator - before Kacey becomes the next victim.
_____________________________________ 'A remarkable, profoundly moving novel about the ties that bind and the irrevocable wounds of childhood. It's also a riveting mystery, perfectly paced. I loved every page of it.' DENNIS LEHANE 'Outstanding . . . an intense family thriller . . . The clever plot and involving characters set a high standard for this new year.' DAILY MAIL 'This is a thrilling and heartbreaking exploration of the strain the opioid crisis puts on families. A masterpiece.' DAILY MIRROR
