The Forgotten Girl by David Bell
After having read another book by this author a couple of weeks ago, I thought I'd check out some of his other stuff. That was a good call. Very suspenseful.
Jason and his wife, Nora, live in the town he grew up in. They have no children of their own. One night, Jason's wild child sister, Hayden, shows up on their doorstep, asking if they can watch her seventeen year old daughter for a couple of days. Hayden needs to make amends as part of her twelve step program, but no one suspected that it may have some dire consequences.
After the timeframe Hayden gave to pick up her daughter, Jason and his family start to worry. Hayden had been spotted with the town criminal, and then her car is found abandoned with drops of blood in it. While the police are searching for Hayden, they come across the remains of Jason's former best friend, who was killed twenty-seven years ago, on the night of their high school graduation. Everyone had assumed that the friend had just taken off; no one thought he had been killed. Jason puts two and two together, and realizes his sister's sudden reappearance has to do with the death of his friend.
Jason gets to the bottom of everything, and it is a wild ride. This one kept me on the edge of my seat, and I will be reading more by this author.
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