The Lost Boy - S.A. McEwen

The Lost Boy

By S.A. McEwen

  • Release Date: 2021-09-28
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 175 Ratings

Description

Things are going wrong for Olivia Shorten.

Her little boy has become withdrawn and anxious.

Her marriage is not the safe place she had believed it to be.

To top it all off, her teenage stepson has just come to live with them…and there's something unsettling, something not-quite-right about Charlie.

Olivia has her own plan about how to fix things. Unconventional, maybe, but she thinks she's doing the right thing for her family.

But then her little boy vanishes from their backyard without a trace.

Frantic with fear, and with the police and the media poking around in places she'd rather they didn't, it soon becomes apparent that everyone is hiding something.

Including Olivia.

"Thought-provoking…deep and powerful" ★★★★★
"Beautifully written, tightly plotted page-turner." ★★★★★
"Smart, fast-moving, twisty and dark." ★★★★★
"Tense, haunting, perfect for fans of The Last Thing He Told Me and Little Fires Everywhere." ★★★★★

Reviews

  • Okay

    3
    By jmbeezy
    Very hard to follow at times.
  • Zigzagging timelines

    4
    By Gammy0f1
    An interesting story with loads of insight into the inner thoughts of the characters. It was a bit difficult to follow along smoothly due to the many zigzags through time and characters for 5 stars.
  • The Lost Boy

    2
    By camieoct15
    Confusing. It could be a great story if it was written so a reader wasn’t confused. Dates were all over the place & some times people popped up left you wondering what & who now. I was bored with Olivia after awhile. I would have quit reading but wondered what did happen to Wolfe. There wasn’t much written focusing on the search for him. Jan.20 2023 camie