The Pen and Inkpot

Are you craving a good mystery book? Not the kind with the sleuth and the murderer, but the kind involving missing people, wiped memories and hidden clues? How about the sort of book that you simply cannot put down? Sound good? Well I have the perfect book: The Leaving by Tara Altebrando. Eleven years ago, six children were stolen from their school in what the media called “The Leaving”, and weren’t seen until now. Eleven years later they rocked up on the front doorstep of their house not remembering a thing about the past eleven years of their childhood. Some people think they are lying, others think they are crazy. But it’s not as simple as that because although six children were taken, only five came back. With none of the returned victims remembering anything more than one useless memory, there was no way of knowing who took them, where they took them or where the missing boy had gone. There are so many things that make this book so good. Firstly, the story switches pe