The Girl Who Was Taken

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<b><i>Two abducted girlsone who returns, one who doesnt.</i></b><br><i> </i><br>The night they go missing, high school seniors Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are at a beach party in their small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. Police launch a massive search, but hope is almost lostuntil Megan escapes from a bunker deep in the woods. . . . A year later, the bestselling account of her ordeal has made Megan a celebrity. Its a triumphant story, except for one inconvenient detail: Nicole is still missing.<br> <br>Nicoles older sister, Livia, a fellow in forensic pathology, expects that one day soon Nicoles body will be found and her sisters fate determined. Instead, the first clue comes from another bodythat of a young man connected to Nicoles past. Livia reaches out to Megan to learn more about that fateful night. Other girls have disappeared, and shes increasingly sure the cases are connected.<br> <br>Megan knows more than she revealed in her book. Flashes of memory are pointing to something more monstrous than she described. And the deeper she and Livia dig, the more they realize that sometimes true terror lies in finding exactly what youve been looking for . . .<br> <br><b>A fast-moving page-turner. . . . Donlea skillfully maximizes suspense by juggling narrators and time all the way to the shocking final twists.</b><br><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><b><i> </i></b><br><b>Well worth the read.</b><br><b><i>Booklist</i></b><br><b> </b><br><b>Donleas sophomore effort is solid. He keeps the reader guessing and second-guessing until the end, thanks to an expertly crafted abundance of potential suspects.</b><br><b><i>Library Journal</i></b>

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