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Published Apr 2016
336 pages
Genre: Thrillers
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From National Book Award nominee Laura McNeal comes a riveting, tautly-told novel that is at once hopeful and harrowing. Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and Bone Gap.
When Thisbe Locke is last seen standing on the edge of the Coronado Bridge, it looks like there is only one thing to call it. But her sister Ted is not convinced. Despite the witnesses and the police reports and the divers and the fact that she was heartbroken about the way things ended with Clay and how she humiliated herself at that party, Thisbe isn't the type of person to end up just an "incident."
While everyone in town prepares to mourn the loss (some more than others), Ted and Fen, the new kid in town, set out to put the pieces together and find her sister.
But if Thisbe didn't jump, what happened up on that bridge?
"Starred Review. McNeal writes with a mature hand, expert pacing, and an immediacy that ensures readers will be engrossed. Ages 12+." - Publishers Weekly
"While the psychologically damaged kidnapper is deftly portrayed, an overload of teen angst and an all too sudden ending damages this suspenseful kidnapping tale. Grade 8 & up." - School Library Journal
"The third-person narration moves from character to character, lending the investigation a quickly paced authority, but the story naturally feels disjointed due to so many character voices. Expert pacing will keep readers turning the pages until they know Thisbe's fate. Ages 14-18." - Kirkus
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Laura McNeal is the author of three other novels, including Dark Water, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature. With her husband, Tom McNeal, she has collaborated on four novels, a picture book, two sons, and the restoration of a historic house. They live near San Diego.
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