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One year ago, Alex Towne's body was found. One month ago, his mother saw him on the street. One week ago, David Raker agreed to look for him. Now he wishes he hadn’t. Mary Towne’s son, Alex, went missing six years ago. Five years later he finally turned up – as a corpse in a car wreck.... read more

Characters/People edit see section history

  • David Raker: journalist,finds missing kids
  • Derryn: His late wife
  • Mary Towne: Mother of Alex her dead child who she believes she had seen and is alive
  • Alex Towne: The missing boy believed dead
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  • London: Where Alex's parents live, and where is is seen after being thought dead
  • Bristol: Where Alex lived before he disappeared
  • Cornwall: Alex and his girlfriend's favourite place
  • Scotland: Where 'The Farmhouse' is located

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Sometimes, towards the end, she would wake me by tugging at the cusp of my shirt, her eyes moving like marbles in a jar, her voice begging me to pull her to the surface.

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