Clare is the outstanding reporter who worked tirelessly for the Devlins when their eleven year old daughter was kidnapped. It is has been 15 years since Lucy Devlin disappeared. The case has gone full circle. Now Clare finds herself looking deeper into the story. What she finds surpasses anything you could imagine. There's politicians, and motorcycle gangs thrown into the mix.
The character Clare, for a fast paced, award winning reporter she does a lot of dumb stuff. She trusts what a suspect says. She almost gets involved with a suspect. She goes to places she shouldn't and she divulges names, and places to everyone. That is not what an alleged great reporter does. I wanted to smack her every time she shared crucial information. So, I guess that shows how involved I got with the character. Overall, entertaining, exciting and has a kick-ass ending!!
5 Stars

An intriguing read. A good mix of mystery and suspense that keeps the reader interested. Also a few surprising twists. A book I would recommend to all.

I received this book from Netgalley prior to publication. This novel is about Clare, a Pulitzer Prize winner from her days in newspaper regarding a case of a missing girl, 11 year old Lucy Devlin. It seems Clare is destined to become Lucy’s disappearance long after the headlines die down and Lucy is still missing. A string of remarkable coincidences keep Clare after the truth of what became of Lucy. And more disturbing, the lives of other children found in a mass grave nearby where Lucy was last seen. Through a cast of characters who may or may not have information regarding the missing and deceased children, Clare embarks on a journey to get to the truth. No matter the cost. Deliciously thrilling. You will not see the ending coming.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

Clare is a TV news executive, previously a print journalist, and agrees to revisit the story that made her famous; the disappearance of 11 year old Lucy Devlin 15 years ago. Lucy has never been found and her mother claims to have a new lead. This lead appears to implicate Elliott, a Democratic candidate for the Senate.

I am giving this novel three stars, being the average of the first half, which was a solid four stars, and then the second half (to which I award two stars) where the plot went absolutely crazy. There were threads of humour through the narration, especially around the fluffy "news" items the station runs, which I enjoyed, and things moved along at a good pace. Clare seemed a fairly undistinguished journalist, despite her oft-referred to Pulitzer prize, requiring others to point things out to her and giving up her source to Elliott without a qualm.

I can't really go into my thoughts about the second half without giving things away, but there were elements that I found fantastic and/or unlikely to the point of impossibility, and one in particular that seemed a dishonest late reveal to the reader. Clare's musings at the end about all the things she couldn't be sure about felt lazy - did the author even know what really happened?