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Alice Metcalf, a devoted mother and accomplished scientist that researched grief in elephants, vanished a decade ago in mysterious circumstances, leaving her family and the animals she loved in uncertainty. Her daughter Jenna, now thirteen, refuses to accept her mother’s desertion and pursues the truth. Seeking help, Jenna enlists a disgraced psychic, Serenity Jones, and Virgil Stanhope, the skeptical detective who first investigated Alice’s disappearance and the death of a colleague. Together they confront hidden realities that will reshape their understanding of loss, loyalty, and the bonds that connect people and animals.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Jodi Picoult
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