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- Missing persons at privileged summer camps with dark family histories
- Dynasty secrets colliding with small-town working class perspectives
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If you haven’t seen this book around, where have you been? Even Taylor Swift has read it! When their thirteen-year-old daughter Barbara goes missing at summer camp, all eyes fall on the Van Laar family. They own the camp. And it’s happened before. Fourteen years ago their little boy, Bear, vanished without a trace. Two children lost to the same wilderness. A tragedy or a crime?
A clever, atmospheric read that some readers have called the best book they’ve ever read. A fascinating mystery that you won’t want to put down. It was the winner of the Goodreads Mystery and Thriller Book of the Year in 2024.
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide. Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
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