With simple, yet strikingly descriptive language, Lee Martin convincingly describes a small town in Indiana about to be awoken from its dreamlike innocence and complacency. You can feel the summer humidity and the carefree dusk the night that Katie disappears and identify with the range of emotions and rationalizations that come to the surface in the wake of her disappearance. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, despite its dark subject matter and espercially appreciated the beautiful clarity of Lee Martin's language.