01901cam a2200313 i 4500 1459640346 TxAuBib 20240723120000.0 230918s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023065086 9781662507618 pbk. 1662507615 pbk. TxAuBib rda Lourey, Jess, 1970-, author. The taken ones / Jess Lourey. Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2023] 310 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Summer 1980: Despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into a Minnesota forest. Only one comes out, dead silent, her memory gone. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide;a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. Van follows her gut. Harry trusts in facts. They are both desperate to catch a killer before he kills again. They have something else in common: each has ties to the original case in ways they are reluctant to share. As Van and Harry connect the crimes of the past and the present, Van struggles with memories of her own nightmarish childhood;and the fear that uncovering the truth of the Taken Ones will lead her down a path from which she, too, may never return" -- Provided by publisher. 20240723. Missing children Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Policewomen Fiction. Forensic scientists Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft TXKPL