Those We Left Behind is a mesmerizing story of two brothers and Serena Flanagan, a police investigator who cared more than she should about 11 year old Ciaran when he confessed to murdering his foster father. Seven years after the crime Ciaran is released from a juvie facility and he once again is reunited with his older brother Thomas who only served 5 years for being an accomplice. Serena is brought back into the story when Ciaran’s probation officer contacts her for information about Ciaran as he still seems to be more child than adult and she fears too attached to his brother. Masterfully written, this chilling yet sad novel is about a family gone awry and the terror that they are instilling in this small Irish town. A heart stopping, edge of your seat book; you’ll feel every emotion before you turn the last page.