Frank Smith famed writer of murder mysteries boards Southwest Airlinesheading from Phoenix to Baltimore. His goal is his 50th class reunion at ScottAcademy but ... » 

Frank Smith famed writer of murder mysteries boards Southwest Airlinesheading from Phoenix to Baltimore. His goal is his 50th class reunion at ScottAcademy but behind him he leaves the highly suspicious disappearance of hiswife into apparent thin air four years ago and the relentless quest of OfficerLedezma whose impulse is that Smith has killed her and buried the body.But another mystery awaits Frank at Scotta mystery 25 years old. A group ofyoung boys walked from the campus into the woodsand disappeared. What couldhave happened to them? Who better than he to probe the mystery? In doing so henot only relives his own boyhood when his father was the upright head ofScotts English Department but that of the classmates of the missing boyssome of whom are back at Scott now for their 25th. Warm yet suspenseful richwith a floodtide of emotions and packed with little nuggets of pure goldcharacterizations Ramsay explores the role of impulse on many levels. «