At 12:00 p.m. Carolyn Kramer was vacuuming her house. Four hours later, her car, purse and cell phone were still there, but she was gone.
Middle-aged housewife Carolyn Kramer disappears one afternoon, leaving behind no clue as to where she went. Detective Bart Pulaski is called in to find her, but even after combing through every sorted detail of her life and investigating numerous leads, he is left with a case that seems unsolvable and a family shattered by the loss of a wife and mother.
What happened to Carolyn? Was she the victim of a serial murderer? Did she leave on her own? Is her husband lying about being out of town?
Long Gone is a crime-mystery novel about obsession, darkness, and the malleable nature of perception. Complete at 68,000 words.
Questions readers can answer for me in the comments section:
1. Does the shifting perspective work? Would third person be better?
2. Is it too repetitious?
3. How is the pacing?
4. Does everything that happens make sense?