Alafair Burke is one of my favorite mystery-thriller writers. She actually has a legal background so her stories are always both compelling and plausible. In this book, Burke explores two storylines: a missing teenager and a murder of a supposed art dealer. While they take place at the same time and have some similarities, they do not ever come together like I thought they would. Despite Long Gone being a suspenseful, unpredictable read, I chose to only give it four out of five stars because of that component of the story. I wish that the author had eventually connected the two storylines because then it would have been a perfect book!