The last son

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. A year after his twin sister Alyssa disappeared, 13-year-old Johnny Merrimon still believes she's alive. The problem is, he seems to be the only one who does. His father, feeling guilty for what happened, abandons the family, while the boy's mother falls into a deep depression that worsens when she starts using drugs. Detective Hunt, the lead investigator on the case, watches from afar, worried and feeling helpless. But Johnny is certain his sister is still alive and will do everything to find her, even if it means searching every street and searching every suspicious house. When a second girl is kidnapped and a dying man claims to have found new clues that Johnny believes are related to his sister, the unexpected can happen.