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Before eldest child Caitlin heads off for college, the Courtland family, dad Grant, mother Angela, and brother Sea, takes a vacation into the Rocky Mountains. Caitlin is a dedicated runner and one early morning she goes for a grueling mountain run with 15-year-old Sean accompanying her on a bike. Only Sean returns and that is in an ambulance as he is rushed to the hospital with a debilitating leg injury. Sean was hit by a car and the driver convinced Caitlin to get in the vehicle with him so they could go for help. Caitlin disappeared. The search began but there was no sign of the young woman.

Angela returned to their home in Wisconsin while Grant stayed in Colorado, never believing he would not find his daughter. Sean, feeling the unwarranted weight of guilt, began an aimless wandering around the country working odd jobs and sleeping wherever he stopped. A near tragedy in Nebraska brought Grant to his son's rescue and the two returned to Colorado. As the Courtland family began to fall apart the search for Caitlin became sporadic although Grant never gave up hope that she was alive and needed to be found. Is it possible?

This was definitely a thrill ride. When the search goes on for several years it seems like all is lost and the family will just continue to splinter. Angela does not figure in the story very much; most of it focuses on Grant and Sean. They are great characters; strong and stoic. The last 50 pages of the book are nail-biting worthy. This is a good one.

Nice review