What could have easily been a murder mystery, focused on the newly discovered remains of a long-missing teenager, instead flourishes into a novel about new beginnings, sad endings, and what it means to be a community, a family and, most importantly, what it is to be human.
Chancellor pulls a bait and switch with the disappearance and later discovery of the missing girl’s remains; readers could easily be convinced that this novel will be about how a community is ripped apart in the aftermath of such a tragedy. Chancellor presents a different picture, one wherein the disappearance of Jess Winters is, at the surface, the one common thread between all the members of the community.
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