The Last Child

The Last Child
By John Hart
Minotaur Books, 2009. 373 pgs. Mystery

It's been one year since Johnny's twin Alyssa was abducted. The police are nowhere closer to solving her disappearance and rumors about Alyssa's mother and Detective Hunt, the cop on the case, are rampant. Johnny's life and family have fallen apart since the abduction, so Johnny focuses on finding Alyssa. Armed with a map of the city and a list of the pedophiles in the area, Johnny watches each one and makes notes of their activities. Then one year to the day Alyssa disappeared, a man who says "he found her" is killed in front of Johnny and another girl is kidnapped.

This is a dark and depressing look at what can happen to a family when they lose a loved one. This book was not engaging; the subplots and looks at mysticism and Native American spiritualism might hold interest for some, but not for all. The mystery is tight and suspenseful though. I finished the book solely to find out who did it.