Intriguing mystery about missing children--or are they really missing? Pacing a bit off at times but overall a clever mystery with lots of twists.

This is an intriguing psychological thriller with some rather gruesome parts. Christine is an ex-psychiatrist who now volunteers as a victim's advocate. She is called in on a case in which a woman who was found in a car wreck claims that her 4 year old daughter had been with her and is now missing. The police are not sure, however, if that is true, since her ex-husband did not mention a daughter. Christine runs a little support group for women with missing children and the book examines their stories as well. There are several plot twists that mystery readers will enjoy.This is well written for a first novel.