Fragile [Paperback]

Maggie and Jones live with their teenage son, Rick, in The Hollows, a small town outside of New York City.  The cozy intimacy of the town is broken when Rick’s girlfriend, Charlene, mysteriously disappears.  The investigation has Jones, the lead detective on the case, acting strangely and Rick, already a brooding teenager, becomes even more withdrawn.  Maggie finds herself drawn in both as a trained psychologist and as a mother, walking a tightrope that threatens the stability of her family.  Determined to uncover the truth, Maggie pursues her own leads into Charlene’s disappearance and exposes a long-buried town secret—one that could destroy everything she holds dear.

“A nail-biting, nuanced whodunit.” —People 

“Intriguing, downright frightening. . . . [It] will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very last sentence.” —Las Vegas Review-Journal

“A thrilling story that affects complicated and nuanced people. . . .Fragiledelivers everything that Lisa Unger's readers have come to expect.”—Laura Lippman, author ofI'd Know You Anywhere
 
“Unger keeps the energy level high . . . [and] the tension taut.” —Sun Sentinel

“If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult's family chronicle storytelling, you'll enjoyFragile, too. . . . Unger balances nicely the suspense of her missing person story . . . with deeper sentiments.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 
“In the style of Jodi Picoult,Fragiletells its tale through the real-time action and freighted recollections of a diverse cast of characters.” —Boston Globe
 
“All of Unger’s characters inFragileare keeping secrets, some of them truly dangerous. The ending is gripping, almost painful to read.&rdqulól