This came to me from JB, who has an affinity for coming-of-age stories, and although this mystery certainly doesn’t seem like one on the surface, I can’t think of a better way to categorize it. A year ago, twelve year old Alyssa Merrimon disappeared, seen being pulled in to a van by Jack Cross, the son of a local policeman. Alyssa’s father, feeling responsible for the disappearance because he was late picking her up, runs off shortly afterward. Alyssa’s mother, unable to cope with the […]