Twenty years ago, Elizabeth's twin sister disappeared from the small Pennsylvania town where they lived. Elizabeth now lives in Alaska with her husband and daughter, but she's never given up on finding out what happened to Jacqueline. Her life is less than fulfilling, with her marriage just going through the motions and homeschooling her highly intellegent twelve-year-old daughter. Then Alfred flies into town, filling in for the regular mailman and sleeping in Elizabeth's spare room. Though his demeanor is somewhat disconcerting, Elizabeth doesn't let it bother her; after all, he'll be gone in a couple of days. But then he commits a horrible crime and demands to speak to Elizabeth from his cell. Elizabeth is floored when he announces he has knowledge of Jacqueline's disappearance, but he will only share that information after he gets something from Elizabeth. This was quite good. Elizabeth is a strong, resilient character dealing with complicated relationships. Alaska is described quite vividly, while I sometimes had trouble remembering what time frame we were dealing with (just as the U.S. was getting involved in WWII.) There were a couple of instances when I thought, "That wouldn't happen", but it is fiction and it was very enjoyable reading.