Diana Hendry

The loss of innocents

Here are two novels about that most harrowing and haunting of subjects — children who go missing.

issue 19 June 2010

Here are two novels about that most harrowing and haunting of subjects — children who go missing.

Here are two novels about that most harrowing and haunting of subjects — children who go missing. Rachel Billington’s Missing Boy is Dan, a 13-year- old runaway. Dan’s disappearance marks the beginning of a nightmare for his parents, Eve and Max, plus aunt Martha.

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