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On Friday night, July 15, 1994, ten year old, Ethan Marsh, and his best friend, Billy Barringer crawl into a tent in Ethan’s backyard for their weekly camping sleepover.

On Saturday, July 16th, Ethan wakes up alone.

The flap remains shut, but there is a thirty eight inch gash along one side of the tent, and Billy is gone. Apparently, Ethan slept right through the whole thing.

No signs of a struggle and no clues.

It’s been thirty years and Billy is still listed on NamUs ( The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System ) as MISSING.

Ethan’s parents have retired to Florida, and at 40 years old, he finds himself unexpectedly moving back into the family home on Hemlock Circle-the last place he expected to be living at this stage of his life.

He struggles with Insomnia, something he developed after the abduction, so when the motion detectors of the neighboring houses are tripped, ONE BY ONE-he is awake to see them all!

But, he can’t see WHO or WHAT is setting them off.

The next morning, a baseball ⚾️ is in his yard-the secret code the two boys had which meant, “Billy wants to play��.

Could Billy be back? Or is this a GHOST story?

Alternating between the PAST and the PRESENT, the mystery of what happened to Billy will finally be solved.

I actually guessed MOST of the reveals this time-the CLUES are all there if you pay close attention-not all of the little details but definitely who had played a part in Billy’s disappearance.

This didn’t detract from my enjoyment because the author’s last two books were too twisty and OTT for my tastes, and this one was much more plausible which is my preference. I enjoyed reading to see if I was right��

The middle dragged just a bit, when we spent a lot of time in the past, so I will go with 3.75 ⭐️ rounded up!

I also love the cover depicting the ominous Cul de Sac, where those shocking things happened in the “middle of the night”��

Thank You to the Chandler Public Library for the loan of this title. AVAILABLE NOW!