Ten years ago, Owen Cassidy - eight years old, thick fair, hair, bright blue eyes - disappeared. Everyone had thought that he was out playing with his best friend Luke. But later it turned out that Owen had left him in the middle of the afternoon. And never made it home. He vanished leaving no trace, except for a trainer found in a rubbish bin two weeks later...His disappearance left his father, Nick, distraught, but also full of guilt. For instead of looking after Owen that day, Nick had spent the afternoon in bed - with one of their neighbours. It was an affair that would tear his family apart. The aftermath of Owen's disappearance drove Nick away from his wife and home, to America. He has moved from city to city, trying to forget. But it is impossible to run away from a guilty heart. Now, ten years on, a sudden encounter forces Nick to return to Dublin to confront his demons. He arrives to find the world has moved on. But he is determined to face up to his past, and to find out at last exactly what happened to his son. Little does he realise that his investigations will soon unleash further violence, taking him into a terrifying world that he barely knew existed...
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Julie Parsons was born in New Zealand and has lived most of her adult life n Ireland. She has had a varied career - artist's model, typesetter, freelance journalist, radio and television producer - before turning to writing fiction. She lives outside Dublin, by the sea, with her family.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating but disturbing...,
By Ninian - lady of the books (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guilty Heart (Paperback)
Trawling through my bookshelf I stumbled across this last Saturday morning, and didn't remember even buying it! I'm glad I did.This moving and disturbing story tells the tale of Owen Cassidy, an 8 year old who disappeared from his home one Halloween and was never seen again. It's about his father Nick, who has been in self-imposed exile from his wife Susan, who comes home for the 10 year anniversary of his son's disappearance. It's about Min, the rookie guard who has never forgotten her first major case, and her struggle following the unexpected death of her husband to cope with her job and her young twin sons. And it's about the other people affected by Owen's life and disappearance. I couldn't put this one down, finishing the book in the wee small hours of Sunday morning. Not a pleasant read, by any stretch of the imagination, as the subject matter is frank and disturbing. Adultery, lies, mental illness, child abuse, paedophilia and loss and sorrow. I'm busy hunting down more from this new to me author...
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