From the Hardcover edition.
The stressful life of reporter David Harwood turns terrifying when a day at a local amusement park is marked by the disappearances of his wife and son, a situation that reveals a tangled web of lies and deception.
The newspaper he works for is outsourcing jobs to India, he can't get a solid lead on the corrupt for-profit prison moving to town, and his wife, Jan, is struggling with a bout of depression.
I looked beyond her, to where I thought she'd been sitting. She came up to me quickly, clapped her hands on the sides of my shoulders. “I only looked away for a second,” she said. “What?” “My shoe,” she said, her voice shaking, uneven.
I looked beyond her, to where I thought she'd been sitting. She came up to me quickly, clapped her hands on the sides of my shoulders. “I only looked away for a second,” she said. “What?” “My shoe,” she said, her voice shaking, uneven.