60 Days (Book One of the Missing Girl Series)

Lizzie has made a lot of bad decisions throughout most of her adult life. She drinks too much. Takes too many drugs and chooses the wrong men. It is her obsession with finding her father - the man who disappeared suddenly from his family's life twenty years ago- that eventually leads her down a dangerous path that has turned her into a person she doesn't recognize. It's turned her into a murderer. After all, isn't she the reason Sophia is dead?Emily is the better sister and always making the right choices - or so it seems. These days Emily's life is unraveling at every end. She is struggling to pay for her mother's healthcare. Her relationship with her married boss is threatening her promotion to detective and her physical safety. To make matters worse, she and Lizzie are further apart than ever. It's after Lizzie takes off on a whim to chase the ghost of their father and disappears that Emily's carefully constructed life spins out of control.The authorities say that girls and women go missing every day, especially those with a history of addiction and a propensity for hanging out with the wrong crowd. Some are missed. Most are forgotten. Emily knows this is true, but she can't accept it. She won't accept it. Letting go of Lizzie is not an option. So when a pawnshop owner calls her with unexpected information about Lizzie's disappearance, she heads south to the Arizona-Mexico border to bring her sister back at whatever cost. Yet, as Emily gets closer to the truth about Lizzie's disappearance, she is forced to face her own truths about the ghost she's running from and that she may not ever see her sister again.