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The Last Child

John Hart

2

awards won

16

score

#285 of 8,085 books · #66 in Crime & Thriller

Won the Edgar Award for Best Novel (2010) and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2009). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 1 other award.

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Merrimon has to face things no boy his age should face. In the year since his twin sister's abduction his world has fallen apart: his father has disappeared and his fragile mother is spiralling into ever deeper despair. Johnny keeps strong. Armed with a map, a bike and a flashlight, he stalks the bad men of Raven County. The police might have given up on Alyssa; he never will. Someone, somewhere, knows something they're not telling. Only one person looks out for Johnny. Detective Clyde Hunt shares his obsession with the case. But when Johnny witnesses a hit-and-run and insists the victim was killed because he'd found Alyssa, even Hunt thinks he's lost it. And then another young girl goes missing . . .

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Publisher
Hachette UK
ISBN-13
9781848542389
Topics
Child abductionGrief and lossSearch for the truth

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