"In a brilliantly twisted debut set among Boston’s elite, Edwin Hillintroduces unforgettable sleuth Hester Thursby—and a missing persons case thatuncovers a trail of vicious murder . . .Harvard librarian Hester Thursby knowsthat even in the digital age, people still need help finding things. Using herresearch skills, Hester runs a side business tracking down the lost. Usually,she’s hired to find long-ago prom dates or to reunite adopted children andbirth parents. Her new case is finding the handsome and charismatic Sam Blaine.Sam has no desire to be found. As a teenager, he fled his small NewHampshire town with his friend, Gabe, after a haunting incident. For a dozenyears, Sam and Gabe have traveled the country, reinventing themselves as theymove from one mark to another. Sam has learned how trusting wealthy people canbe—especially the lonely ones—as he expertly manipulates his way into theirlives and homes. In Wendy Richards, the beautiful, fabulously rich daughter ofone of Boston’s most influential families, he’s found the perfect way toinfiltrate the milieu in which he knows he belongs—a world of Brooks Brotherssuits, Nantucket summers, and effortless glamour.As Hester’s investigation closes in on their brutal truth, the bondbetween Sam and Gabe is tested and Hester unknowingly jeopardizes her ownsafety. While Gabe has pinned all his desperate hopes of a normal life onHester, Sam wants her out of the way for good. And Gabe has always done whatSam asks . . ."--Provided by Publisher