"Dark and atmospheric, with palpably vivid details and complex characters harboring plenty of secrets" (Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of The Marriage Lie), this riveting and suspenseful thriller--by the author of the critically acclaimed Everything You Want Me to Be--follows the mysterious disappearance of a boy and his stunning return ten years later. There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago, a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned. Search teams found their campsite ravaged by what looked like a bear. They were presumed dead until a decade later...the son reappears. Discovered while ransacking an outfitter store, he is violent and uncommunicative and is sent to a psychiatric facility. Maya Stark, the assistant language therapist, is charged with making a connection with the high-profile patient. No matter how hard she tries, he refuses to answer questions about his father or the last ten years of his life. But Maya, who was abandoned by her own mother, has secrets, too. And as she's drawn closer to this enigmatic boy who is no longer a boy, she'll risk everything to reunite him with his father who has disappeared from the known world. With breathless pacing and edge-of-your-seat twists and turns, "Leave No Trace is as thrilling as whitewater rapids and as dark as the Minnesotan wilderness itself" (Amy Gentry, internationally bestselling author of Good as Gone).
This book will probably interest you if you are a psychologist, would like to become one, or feel you were abandoned by your mother.
A young, barely trained worker at psych facility tries to help a patient while dealing with her own similar issues. Glad I am not a "patient" there. Nothing really clever happens and the book limps along to a lackluster ending where the 2 characters seem to remain the walking wounded.
why didn't i read this sooner?
Published by Anonyn , 6 years ago
This was an interesting book and it's not because of its genre. It was an interesting book in general, from the setting, its characters, and even the names of these characters - they all fit the overall vibe of the novel. This book completely captured
my attention. I liked this book!
I know I just said it was interesting but I had also been tense while reading this book. It lives up its name as a thriller. Definitely engaging and descriptive, I can't help but contemplate about this book. It's that good, especially the writing. The writing was fortunately not loaded with imagery, which I like in a thriller/mystery novel. I was hooked.
Written in first person, Maya was easy to sympathize with and her character's also another reason why I kept reading this book.
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