When Anna Flores' adored older sister goes missing as a teenager, Anna copes by disappearing too, just as soon as she can: running as far away from her family as possible, and eventually building a life for herself abroad. Thirty years later, the death of her mother finally forces Anna to return home. Tasked with sorting through her mother's possessions, she begins to confront not just her mother's death, but also the huge hole Gabriella's disappearance left in her life - and finds herself asking a question she's not allowed herself to ask for years: what really happened to her sister? With that question comes the revelation that her biggest fear isn't discovering the worst; it's never knowing the answer. But is it too late for Anna to uncover the truth about Gabriella's disappearance?

To the finder of this book:

Please journal that you’ve found me, read and re-release. I’d love to follow the book’s journey.

To the finder of this book:

Please journal that you’ve found me, read and re-release. I’d love to follow the book’s journey. Bookcrossing is free & fun and let’s face it, not much is these days! :)

Moving on as it's been there quite a while.

To the finder of this book:

Please journal that you’ve found me, read and re-release. I’d love to follow the book’s journey. Bookcrossing is free & fun and let’s face it, not much is these days! :)

I like mysteries!

The book doesn’t contain a lot of graphic violence, but like all villages (at least in mysteries!), this one has its dark secrets. For me, the secondary characters were believable types; I feel I know people just like them. The voice of the youthful Anna and the 40-year-old Anna and handled believably too, in a smooth writing style that carries you deeper and deeper into the complicated past of the Flores family. It is a slow moving and not as much of a thriller as I thought it would be, but I was still interested in what happened to Gabriella. It is a twisty "cold case" type mystery.

Release #138 for 2023..

Caught today at SI cafe.

This is Jenny Quintana's debut novel, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Twists, turns, mystery and intrigue threaded throughout and kept my interest until the last page.

To the finder of this book -
Please let me know it is in safe hands by journalling that you have caught it, you are under no obligation to read it and Bookcrossing is completely anonymous.