![]() ![]() ![]() From the first panicked searching to the Amber Alert and the realization that Sebastian was deliberately kidnapped, Hillier captures Marin's interior life, the frantic calls which lead her back to nothing. ![]() Marin is left to cope with the grief and loss while reckoning with her husband, Derek's, anger. The security cameras show Sebastian being spirited away from this touristy market by a Santa-like figure who perhaps promised him a treasured lollipop. Marin's eyes dart, searching for any glimpse of her little boy with his dark hair so like her own. Suddenly he's nowhere near her, and she can't spot him anywhere. She's shopping in Seattle's Pike Place Market when she loses Sebastian, her young son. A surprisingly character-driven, moody thriller, Little Secrets is ostensibly a detective story, a kidnap investigation led by main character Marin, the wealthy owner of a series of lucrative downtown salons. In a story that reflects the in-between spaces in our lives, Hillier's readable novel isn't some Sixth Sense ghost story, but it does feature people who are haunted-who are stuck, grieving, who can't seem to move forward but can't move back. Book review: Jennifer Hillier's *Little Secrets* ![]()
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