  | Full Text Reviews: Booklist - 06/01/2018 *Starred Review* For the past five years, Denis Egan has lived in Port Haven with GeeGee (his great-grandmother), pleasantly passing time until they’re permitted to enter Garden Hills, the soul’s final destination. Being dead isn’t bad, all things considered; memories of one’s death are immediately forgotten, and other recollections fade until the person essentially does, too. Recently, though, Denis’ afterlife has been disturbed by the voice of his still-living twin brother, Matt, who’s calling for him with increasing urgency. On GeeGee’s advice, Denis decides to pay Matt a visit. His return home is haunting in more ways than one, as he learns that his death at age seven was an unsolved murder that is tearing his family apart. Reunited with Matt, the two set about trying to crack the case, beginning with a trip to Gettysburg, where Denis’ body was found. Abbott lays numerous plot threads in his complex novel as the boys search for clues and resurrect Denis’ memories along the trail of his abduction. Rather than taking a sensational route, Abbott steadily guides readers through a dark quagmire of questions, anger, and fraying family bonds that are nevertheless held together by love. Surprising twists and turns braid the story’s disparate parts into a revelatory whole that brings healing to its characters and won’t be forgotten by its readers anytime soon. - Copyright 2018 Booklist. Loading...
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