Review: The Missing Ones

The Missing Ones by Edwin Hill
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Second in the Hester Thursby Mystery Series, which commenced with LITTLE COMFORT, THE MISSING ONES is primarily set on Maine's fictional Finisterre Island, accessible only by twice-daily ferry, but jam-packed in summer by holiday revelers. As an enclosed and insular environment, it's perhaps more of a showcase for human emotions and frailties than, say, a city like Boston. On the island, everybody knows everything and secrets are hard kept.


Hester and "not-husband" Morgan have been raising Morgan's niece Kate for a year now, and once independent Hester has come to terms with her fierce protectiveness for Kate. Then a text summons her to Finisterre Island to finally (she hopes) locate Kate's missing mother. But Finisterre has experienced the (temporary) misplacing of two young children already, and a rampant drug invasion. Is it safe to take Kate with her to the island?

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