The award-winning Tuttle, a native Texan who now lives in Scotland, has written 15 novels for adults and children, including Lost Futures and The Pillow Friend,. The Mysteries proves she’s “at the top of her craft” (Rocky Mountain News). Mixing fantastical elements into a detective tale, Tuttle weaves a fascinating story of strange disappearances set against ancient Celtic folklore. She also delves deeply into Ian Kennedy’s psychology-the emotions surrounding his long-missing lover, his father’s disappearance, and his steadfast mission to find missing persons, at all costs. The brief chapters about past disappearances sprinkled throughout the narrative add interesting, if unrelated, subplots. Yet even these barely detract from a novel that, at its core, examines how we make choices that take us far beyond our earthly existence.