Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton

At the very bottom tip of South America lie the Falkland Islands, a tiny community under British government that thrives during the summer tourist months. Unless, of course, three children go missing in only a few years. Everyone knows everyone, so no one wants to believe that a local could be responsible for the abducted children, and there is pressure from the British government to make these abductions go away. Catrin Quinn, a marine biologist who cannot move on from the deaths of her two young sons, and Callum Murray, a Scottsman who still has PTSD from the Argentine invasion of 1982, come together to try and find the most recent missing boy.

At first, the story is told from Catrin's point of view. Her rage at her former best friend, Rachel, who was responsible for her sons' deaths, is deeply disturbing and downright frightening. Catrin is a hollow shell of who she used to be and unwillingly gets pulled into the missing boys' cases by Callum when she would rather be focusing on a hidden agenda of her own. Nearing the end of the book, Callum takes over the narration of the story, showing how he is trying to forcibly will Catrin back to the caring, kind person she once was while also trying to solve the three boys' abductions. This is a haunting tale with alarming twists at the end that will keep readers turning the pages.

Little Black Lies was voted #10 on the national May 2015 LibraryReads List. And be sure to check out Bolton's mystery series featuring Lacey Flint.