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Clever, clever, clever, both the author in putting together this taut thriller, and young Jack, our spunky hero. Jack is only eleven, his two sisters you get, when their vehicle breaks down. His mother leaves the children alone, to run to the nearest call box to try to summon aid. She never returns.

Jack's life is hard, providing for his sisters, keeping them from the care system, he does whatever he needs to for them to survive. Haunted by the death of his mother, he vows to get snswers and find her killer. Three different story lines here, that are all related to each other, keep the pace quick, the story interesting. All but are killer are likable people, a few that surprised me with some of the things they did. Jack though, has had to grow up much quicker than seems fair, but he has a good head on his shoulder, and eventually things will come to a head. How will this work itsrlf out? This suthor is so good at these psychological whodunits.

This was an audio book I listened to, think I'm getting better at these. The narrator was Andrew Wincott, and I thought he did a wonderful job. Maybe I'm better with male narrators?

ARC from Edelweiss.