Finished: When The Stars Go Dark (Mclain) A compelling page-turner about Detective Anna Hart, who is separated from her younger brother and sister at the age of 8, enters the foster system, and is adopted by an amazing couple, Hap and Eden, who nurture her, love her and raise her to adulthood. It doesn't stop the guilt and responsibility she feels, though, for her younger siblings, which propels her to work in crimes involving missing and kidnapped children. She's married to her work, lives and breathes it, but also married to her husband. After a tragic accident resulting in the death of her own toddler, her husband makes her leave, since he blames her "work distraction" for the accident. Anna ends up back in the Northern California town where she was raised by Hap and Eden, just in time to help one of her oldest friends, Will, now the sheriff of the town, with the case of a missing 15 year old girl. Anna, Will and their friends, twins, Caleb and Jenny, had all been best friend as teenagers until their own world was shattered by the kidnapping and death of Jenny, a crime that has gone unsolved all these years. Now, 15 year old Cameron is missing and though still grieving the loss of her daughter and the end of her marriage, Anna dives right into the case with Will, letting it get very personal for her as she usually does. This is a very good book and the author writes very lovely prose. For me, the culprit was easy to figure out early on, but there is still enough suspense to keep you turning the pages. And, I love the relationships with both Eden and Hap that Anna flashes back on, having lost them both by the time she was 18. I may look and see what else Paula Mclain has written! :-)
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