Patience Mackellar, a private investigator in Port Silva, California, didn't like missing persons cases, and she didn't much like the self-satisfied man who wanted her to find his ex-wife and daughter so he could comfortably forget them and get on with his life. But the picture of a weary, sad-eyed woman, and a gangling girl-child whose eyes were not sad but fierce, has set Patience and her daughter, Verity, on a trail that leads through the hidden places of the north country and deep into the Lost Coast...and danger.
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Janet LaPierre is the author of the six books in the Port Silva series, all critically acclaimed. She has been nominated several times for the Anthony and Macavity awards and lives in Berkeley.
A distraught father visits private investigator Patience Mackellar's office in Port Silva, California, seeking to find his missing family. This is the fifth mystery in LaPierre's Port Silva series, in which the characters change but the place remains the same. It's a well-paced story with a difficult-to-solve mystery at its core. LaPierre's portrayal of Port Silva, a fictional community near Mendocino, gets the feel of northern California just right, not only in the descriptions of the rugged coastline and dense woods but also in the people and plotline, which involves a New Ageish religious community. The book's strong female characters and northern California setting will appeal to fans of series by Marcia Muller and Susan Dunlap. This is a solid series that deserves more attention. John Rowen
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