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    The Disappearing: A Novel

    Written by Lori Roy

    Narrated by Sophie Amoss and Michael Crouch

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    About this audiobook

    Two-time Edgar Award-winning author Lori Roy spins a twisted, atmospheric tale about a small Southern town where girls disappear and boys run away.

    When Lane Fielding fled her isolated Florida hometown after high school for the anonymity of New York City, she swore she'd never return. But twenty years later, newly divorced and with two daughters in tow, she finds herself tending bar at the local dive and living with her parents on the historic Fielding Plantation. Here, the past haunts her and the sinister crimes of her father—the former director of an infamous boys' school—make her as unwelcome in town as she was the day she left.

    Ostracized by the people she was taught to trust, Lane's unsteady truce with the town is rattled when her older daughter suddenly vanishes. Ten days earlier, a college student went missing, and the two disappearances at first ignite fears that a serial killer who once preyed upon the town has returned. But when Lane's younger daughter admits to having made a new and unseemly friend, a desperate Lane attacks her hometown's façade to discover whether her daughter's disappearance is payback for her father's crimes—or for her own.

    With reporters descending upon the town, police combing through the swamp, and events taking increasingly disturbing turns, Lane fears she faces too many enemies and too little time to bring her daughter safely home. Powerful and heart-pounding, The Disappearing questions the endurance of family bonds, the dangers of dark rumors and small town gossip, and how sometimes home is the scariest place of all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 17, 2018
    ISBN9780525593935
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    The Disappearing: A Novel
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    Lori Roy

    Lori Roy lives with her family in west central Florida. She is the author of the Edgar®-Award winning novel Bent Road.

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    • 5/5
      I truly enjoyed this atmospheric Southern Gothic mystery - I didn't want to put it down! It's no surprise to me that Lori Roy has been recognized a number of times by the Mystery Writers of America. I look forward to reading more from this author.
    • 4/5
      Lane Fielding has returned home after twenty years to once again live with her parents. She never wanted to return but her divorce was a hard one and she’s back with her two daughters, Annalee and Talley. She’s not welcome in town since her father has for many years been suspected of abusing, and possibly killing, young boys at a nearby reform school. Lane has her own mystery of what happened to her when she disappeared at the age of 13 years old that still follows her around. Now another young blond girl has disappeared and the reporters are back in town. The past will soon touch Lane’s fragile family in an even more frightening way.I’ve read all of Lori Roy’s books and they never disappoint. The author is very good at bringing her damaged characters to life and keeping her readers hooked. This is a slow moving book, sometimes I thought it was a bit too slow but then it would pick up again. I loved Lane and admired her efforts to be a good mother to the often difficult Annalee and the young vulnerable Talley. Lane had a hard upbringing and she vowed to do better by her daughters. She and her twisted family and their battle with their demons makes for an interesting story. The past is never too far from the present. This novel is apparently based on the real-life tragedy at the Arthur Dozier School for Boys in Florida.Recommended.This book was given to me by the publisher in return for an honest review.
    • 2/5
      This has potential to be a great Southern gothic, but it went in a different direction and moved too slow in parts.
    • 4/5
      Lane Wallace, newly divorced, is back in her old hometown with her two daughters though she had never intended to return. She and her girls are living with her parents at the Fielding Plantation. She thought that she had escaped her abusive home life. Her father was an abusive bully who made her childhood a frightening thing. He was also employed by the boys' school that was next door. Years after it closed, boys who were at the school got together on Facebook and recalled the beatings and deaths that happened there. Lane's father's name featured prominently as one of the abusers. He was questioned but no charges were filed. However, the rumors alone have made many of the town turn against them.When Lane was thirteen she had a fight with her mother, ran off, and triggered a manhunt to search for her. Her father was certain that one of the boys from the school had taken her. When she was discovered in the attic of the house, her father couldn't admit that he was wrong. She and her mother were forced to live the lie of her abduction. Attitudes toward Lane changed making he a victim in the town's eyes. She couldn't escape their scrutiny until she ran away with her husband. Now that she's back, she's still fighting that victim identity. It doesn't help that a young woman who was working on restoring the plantation has disappeared and rumor has it that a serial killer is hunting blonds - like her daughters. This story is told from four viewpoints. Lane, her mother Erma, her youngest daughter Talley, and Daryl, a man searching for his brother was an inmate at the school, all tell various parts of the story. The voices are distinct but each of them has in common that they are damaged people. Lane is tired of living her lie. Erma is tired of being frightened of her husband and catering to his every need. Talley is lonely and frightened of her sister Annalee. Daryl, raised in a abusive home himself, can't connect with people and therefore takes to following girls who interest him. The writing style made it hard for me to connect with the characters since each character's fears so filled their sections that it was sometimes hard to follow the story. Fans of introspective mysteries would be the best audience for this one.
    • 4/5
      This book is a pretty good read but the ending kind of fell flat for me.

      I received a copy courtesy of The First To Read program.
    • 1/5
      First off I would like to thank Dutton for my hardcover copy. I won this book through a Goodreads giveaway.

      I hate to say this, but I hated absolutely everything about this book.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars.

      The Disappearing by Lori Roy is a moody, leisurely paced mystery.

      Following the collapse of her twenty year marriage, Lane Fielding packs up her two daughters, Annalee and Talley and moves back to her small hometown of Waddell, FL. Her return is not easy since her father is facing allegations he abused the boys in his care at the now closed reform school for boys.  Lane is also the under the harsh scrutiny of the townspeople for events in both the past and present. The recent disappearance of college student Susannah Bauer adds to the turmoil swirling around town. When Lane's oldest daughter, Annalee, goes missing, everyone, including Sheriff Mark Ellenton, fear a serial killer is in their midst.

      Lane's childhood was a nightmare of verbal and emotional abuse from her father. He also regularly beat her mother who did her best to protect her daughter from her husband's wrath. Lane could not wait to leave her oppressive life behind and despite her teenage romance with Mark, she instead opted to marry Kyle Wallace and start over in New York.

      Although her parents are clearly suffering the ravages of age, Lane is still quite  uncomfortable to find herself and her daughters living under their roof again. Working at a local bar, she works late and drinks too much in an effort to cope with her current situation. Annalee and her much young sister Talley are often left to their own devices but Lane does not believe they are involved in anything they should not be. However, with Annalee's disappearance, she quickly discovers she should have paid much more attention to what they were up to in her absence.

      Loosely based on the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and written from multiple points of view, The Disappearing is an incredibly slow-paced mystery that features an intriguing premise. With the exception and Talley and Mark, none of the characters are particularly likable and in fact, Lane's over the top reactions to, well, everything, quickly wear thin. With some unexpected twists and turns, Lori Roy keeps the tension high as Mark and Ellen desperately search for Annalee.  While all of the storyline is completely wrapped up, readers might feel a little letdown with the novel's somewhat unsatisfactory conclusion.