The Scrapbooks

When a young girl's mother goes missing seven years after her policeman father was fatally shot, she fears foul play, not abandonment. In 1960 Oklahoma City, Calley Hill has lost nearly everything. She clings to the stubborn belief she has not been deserted while she endures her mother's absence with her father's colorful, tight-knit family. Detective Dan Willis, her father's childhood friend, is working on the case with his dark, menacing partner, but what are their motives for...
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When a young girl's mother goes missing seven years after her policeman father was fatally shot, she fears foul play, not abandonment. In 1960 Oklahoma City, Calley Hill has lost nearly everything. She clings to the stubborn belief she has not been deserted while she endures her mother's absence with her father's colorful, tight-knit family. Detective Dan Willis, her father's childhood friend, is working on the case with his dark, menacing partner, but what are their motives for finding Bonnie Hill?Fueled by her unquenchable curiosity, the twelve year-old begins a daring mission to find out what has happened to her mother. Chilling events raise doubts about how much she can trust the adults in her life and isolate Calley in her attempts to learn more. What she never suspects is that the help she needs the most will come from the least suspecting people: the eccentrics who reside in the nursing home where Grandma Hill lives and works and the scrapbooks one of them keeps. A first-rate mystery, Cathryn Redfearn's debut is a poignant tale of family, trust, and courage-and the need for justice. Warmly embracing as it leads you into the labyrinthine world of a painful family secret fighting to see the light of day, the novel's memorable narrative is filled with imaginative twists and shocking turns that will keep you guessing until its final, stunning conclusion.