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Adam Turner is an investigator reporter with the habit of finding missing children. He searches for these children in order to allow their parents to have closure; not all missing children are runaways. Turner also does not have the ability to maintain relationships. His marriage to Louise is falling apart as he searches for yet another child. LOST SUMMER then jumps several years forward. Turner is no longer married and has taken a sabbatical from his missing children hunt. After ghostwriting a pop star’s biography, he is ready for a change. Karen Stone, an editor and friend, asks him to hear Helen Pierce’s story. Helen’s brother, Ben died in a car crash with two other people. The police have ruled it an accident since Ben was legally drunk at the time. This very fact makes Helen doubt the ruling because Ben never drank and did not know how to drive. She thinks it is tied to the protests he was involved in and wants Turner to investigate. He is at first hesitant because the events occurred near Castleton, a town he lived in as a child. Quickly though, he finds himself enmeshed in this investigation. He must come to grips with events from his past as well as find Ben’s murderer before he becomes the next victim. LOST SUMMER is more about Turner understanding his past and where he came from than a mystery. The events Turner witnessed as a child shaped the man he is now. He is still attracted to the type of woman he first fell in love with. He searches for missing children because of the disappearance and probable murder of a Gypsy girl. The book pushes the idea that until Turner can understand his past, he will never be able to move forward and have a healthy relationship. It was a little disappointing that more attention was not given to the mystery elements. Yes, Turner does investigate; yet, it is not the focus of the book. The investigation seems more of a way for Turner to see the people from his past and an opportunity to use his biases to turn them into murderers. LOST SUMMER did provide an in-depth look into the inner psyche of Turner, which did explain all of the actions of the book; however, this exploring did overshadow the mystery and presumed focus of the book. The enjoyment or lack of enjoyment from this book is the result of personal preference. If psychoanalysis is not found interesting then this book will leave you disappointed.
Reviewed by Sarah Dudley, August 2003
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