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When Mickey Bolitar’s parents die abruptly, he is sent to live with his estranged uncle, Jonathan "Uncle Myron" Bolitar. The two must settle into a new high school and its social webs, while dealing with family history and precarious clues. A search for Mickey’s missing girlfriend, Ashley, pulls them into a darker, seedy underworld, revealing twists that reveal how people are not always who they appear.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Harlan Coben
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