Some books just explode on you... or are more like stuccatto bursts...they leave you in a shock...they grip you for a few hours...you begin to live the lives of the characters in the book...
David Morrell's 'Long Lost' was borrowed fromthe library because the book was conveniently sized and the font was extremely readable. Boy, what a powerful story this is.
Brad welcomes his long lost brother Petey, twenty years after he just disappeared during a ride back home. Brad just does not know the dark secrets lurking in his brother's mind till he finds himself pushed down a gorge by Petey. On recovery from the fall, Brad finds that Petey has disappeared from his home with his wife and son.
A year long trail follows...Brad's memoir like writing takes one back to the events,as Brad tries to relive the moments of his brother's return, looking at everything from his brother's perspective. The shocking truth hits him with intensity...Brad follows his brother and saves his wife and son. His love saves them, but not his brother.
This is a searing tale of a child's life gone awry due to screwed up adults playing havoc with the child's psyche.
The language is taut; even the chapters are very short, sometimes, just two paragraph long.
The climax is the stuff of Reader's Digest's unbelievably true stories - a drama in real life.