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Little Boy Lost

by J.D. Trafford (Goodreads Author)

3.99 · Rating Details · 1,887 Ratings · 121 Reviews

In a city divided and broken, this revelation will set it on fire…

Attorney Justin Glass’s practice, housed in a shabby office on the north side of Saint Louis, isn’t doing so well that he can afford to work for free. But when eight-year-old Tanisha Walker offers him a jar full of change to find her missing brother, he doesn’t have the heart to turn her away.

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by J.D. Trafford (Goodreads Author)

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Jul 11, 2017 Tulay rated it it was amazing

Powerful thriller.

This engrossing story was Kindle First selection of July. When it's published next month make sure take time and read it.
Story is about juvenile young African-American missing boys. And attorney Justin Glass, he's just barely living and working after the death of his wife. All the characters and family dynamics well written. His daughter Samantha, his parents to Bosnia secretary Emma. Little politics and some courtroom drama. Ending was truly shocking. Amazon should make this ...more

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Jul 01, 2017 Dee Arr rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery

“Little Boy Lost” was a great idea for a story, though it would be hard to place it under the thriller label. I felt the book properly belonged in the legal/mystery genre. As such, author J. D. Trafford has presented an excellent tale, injecting it with enough procedural items to keep it interesting without overloading the reader.

The main character, Justin, has a lot on his plate. He runs a struggling law practice, is a widower, has a daughter who is having problems with other children at her sc “Little Boy Lost” was a great idea for a story, though it would be hard to place it under the thriller label. I felt the book properly belonged in the legal/mystery genre. As such, author J. D. Trafford has presented an excellent tale, injecting it with enough procedural items to keep it interesting without overloading the reader.

The main character, Justin, has a lot on his plate. He runs a struggling law practice, is a widower, has a daughter who is having problems with other children at her school, and he is dissatisfied with the justice system. He also has family pressures and still thinks about the demons that tried to possess him after his wife passed away. The author has successfully introduced a complex character who many people will probably be able to identify with.

The story had me hooked, and I was waiting to see who was abducting all the missing children. Unfortunately, the ending was not satisfactory. Anytime an author is going to brand a character as a killer, I want to see reasonable justification for why the killer did what he did…that didn’t happen with this story, and a book that could have been powerful flatlined at the end. I hesitate to say more without injecting spoilers.

As previously stated, I believe the author has talent and his writing style is smooth and effective. The only issues I had with the book was that the “thriller” label did not describe the thinly veiled discussions on racism and class warfare. At times, it appears that this was the agenda and a story was written around it. Mr. Trafford can certainly write on whatever side topic he chooses. I purposely try to stay away from political books because no matter what side of the political aisle the author sits on, the presentation usually is heavily slanted. If one is going to address a volatile issue such as racism, it serves no purpose to only stand on one side of the issue. Only calm examination of the problem from all sides will enable solutions to the challenges to emerge. I removed no stars for the author’s choice to write about the issue as he did, just as I don’t remove stars for vulgarities (which there are near the beginning, though they virtually disappear after a few appearances). I do inform readers what is present in the book and allow them to make their own choices on what they prefer to read.

Overall, a good effort by J. D. Trafford. The writing is excellent, and though I was dissatisfied with the ending, the procedural aspects were interesting and the plot throughout most of the book moved at a decent pace. Four stars.
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Jul 03, 2017 Nancy rated it it was ok

Disappointed

Was hoping this Kindle First pick would be worth it. It wasn't. Didn't like the white author writing in first person as a Black man. Didn't feel authentic. Didn't care for the story. The ending didn't even mention the little girl who enlisted his services in the first place.

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Apr 21, 2017 Stephen rated it really liked it

Justin Glass is a bright lawyer working in a poor section of Saint Louis. He comes from a prominent family. His father is a Judge and was once a Congressman. ...And he would like to see Justin actually run for Congress also......but Justin's world is about to get upset. Tanisha Walker, an 8 1/2 year old, comes to his office with a jar full of coins...she wants to hire Justin to find her missing brother, Devon Walker. Plus Justin is trying to fight his own depression from the recent loss of his w ...more

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Jul 04, 2017 Amy's Book Reviews rated it it was ok

2.5 stars

Widowed father and down-and-out attorney Justin Glass takes on a case to find a missing boy, which turns into the latest of a serial killer's crimes. Because the victims are teen black boys with juvenile records, most were considered runaways or fleeing police. The families trust Justin, so he becomes involved in the investigation with surprising suspects.

Justin is a great character with a complex background and family. I enjoyed his relationship with daughter Samantha, as well as with ...more

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Jul 18, 2017 Juliana Philippa rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, 4-stars, set-in-usa, 0-reviewed, race-relations, legal-fiction, 0-own-as-an-ebook, 4-to-5-stars, race-in-america, 0-own-as-kindle-ebook, kindle-first, 2017-reads, set-in-modern-day, 2017-july-reads, set-in-usa-missouri, set-in-usa-missouri-st-louis

Bottom Line, Up Top. Great book; didn't want to put it down once I got into it (which didn't take long), and I look forward to checking out Trafford's other books. While centered around a murder mystery, the book is really about so much more than that: family dynamics, personal struggles of the main character, race relations, and the U.S. judicial system. Engaging, entertaining, informative, and surprisingly humorous; definitely recommend!

We are, whether by nature or nurture, episodic. We find

We are, whether by nature or nurture, episodic. We find a problem and then we fix it. We want there to be a beginning and an end. ... We are in a constant relationship with one another, a series of communications sent and received through word and action. An unrelenting feedback loop that either gets louder or softer, but never goes away. ... The fires may have stopped. ... But the tension wasn't gone. The relationship wasn't over. Post-racial America did not emerge. The long history of violence and control continues to be unresolved. It only waits for another moment in the future to remind us of our sins, even as we all do our best to just live our lives.

My Review. Really great read, glad I got it as my Kindle First book. I like legal thrillers, though I don't read that many, and given the topic that it centers around and the current climate in the US, I thought it was very timely and would be that much more interesting right now. It started a little slowly, but I quickly got it and while I had meant to pace myself and get some other things done last night, I ended up having to read until the end and only after I finished the book could I get to the rest of my work.

Initially, I wasn't sure how to feel about our narrator, Justin Glass. He's likable and is in a tough point in life, so you feel for him, but there came a point where his passivity, inaction, and indecisiveness really started to grate on my nerves. Luckily, almost right when I was at the breaking point with him, Justin starts to turn things around and come back to life. His situation really is heartbreaking, so it's not like I don't understand why he was acting the way he was. I'm not spoiling anything by saying that he's a widower and is still deeply mourning the loss of his wife to cancer; he really struggled after that and battled depression, and is only just starting to bounce back. This aspect of the book was written very well and very sympathetically (I say this as both a regular reader and as a mental health advocate and speaker).

The mystery itself was interesting. I wasn't sure how it would play out; he's a lawyer, so what role was Trafford going to have him play in all this? It makes sense though and isn't a stretch. Although the murders are at the center of the entire story, there's a lot more going on and this is by no means mainly a thriller. I would say that there are a few different themes / plotlines that are going on and that all get equal weight and focus (not listed in any particular order):

1. The Glass Family Dynamics. Justin Glass comes from a prominent political family; his dad was a leader in the Civil Rights movement and is a long-serving Missouri Congressman, and his brother has been working in politics as well. There's pressure for him to join the family business and there's some conflict surrounding that. There's also the family dynamics in that his mother is white and his father is black; his maternal grandfather, a former Judge, lives with them, so there is the generational and race relational aspect internally.

He believed that my father, a young man he assumed was a member of the Black Panthers, had taken his perfect little white girl and transformed her into a leftist campus radical. The truth was exactly the opposite. It had been my mother who had lured my father to protest meetings and marches. She was the radical. My dad just wanted to go on a date.
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“When we were little, you talked about it all the time.” Lincoln put his hands on his hips. “You and me, just a darker shade of JFK and Bobby.”

I shook my head. “That was a long time ago.”
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My father took a deep breath, and then he walked toward the door. As he went into the hall, he turned around. “I fought the battle over segregated lunch counters and the right to vote, but this is different.” He pointed at me, lying injured in bed, my face swollen and cut. “The Whites Only signs have been taken down, but they’re still there. This is your fight now.”

2. Justin's Personal Struggles. As mentioned previously, he's a widower (I don't think we're told how recent; I was looking for some indication and it doesn't really say, but I think it's maybe a couple of years?) and has an 11-year-old daughter, Sammy. Monica, his late wife, was the love of his life and he had a really tough time after she died; it led to a lot of the other pieces of his life falling apart too and he's trying to come back from that, as well as be the father that Sammy needs him to be.

I knew I was on the edge. Things were going well, but it was now getting too complicated, and when it got complicated, things inevitably fell apart for me. Depression is like that. I was smart enough to know when I was about to be kicked down. I just didn’t know what was going to do it, and I certainly didn’t know it was going to happen the moment that I walked in the door.
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Most men my age were either single by choice or divorced. I wondered whether a widowed man who still loved his deceased wife could ever really find love again, whether there were parts that would never be available because of the loss.

3. Race Relations (in St. Louis). In Little Boy Lost, the focus is specifically between the police / justice system / government and the community that it serves, as opposed to being inter-communal. Not surprising, since that's at the forefront right now, but just wanted to call it out. St. Louis is the backdrop for all this and in Trafford's bio it notes that he lived there, so while unfortunately we're seeing this across the country and there are many commonalities among them all, I do get the sense that it's personalized to St. Louis specifically. He clearly has knowledge of the city, its history and makeup, etc., and it adds a nice richness that I appreciated; don't know much about the area, so I found that aspect very interesting.

Saint Louis had always had an identity crisis. It was the intersection of North and South, East and West. The tension had always been below the surface, but now it was out in the open.
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“This is one of the biggest cemeteries in the country,” the pastor continued. “Eighty-seven thousand people are buried here. All races. All classes. All religions. Rich. Poor.” He paused. “It is truly sad that this is the most diverse neighborhood in Saint Louis. Truly sad that the most diverse neighborhood in our city is one for the dead and not the living. “We have much work to do.” Reverend Battle looked at me. “You have work to do.”

4. The American Justice System. Trafford is a lawyer, and that's clear from the intricacies and details he goes into. I'm a huge fan of "Law & Order" and police procedurals, but there isn't the opportunity for subtlety and nuance in a TV format as there is in literature. Don't want to stress that too much though, because a lot of the information is given straight-forwardly to the reader and there's not much subtlety at all in what Trafford is highlighting as the clear failures and successes of the legal system, since it's Justin kind of speaking directly to the reader. Very interesting though and in some ways, the fact that there doesn't need to be subtlety, because some of these things just so obviously don't make sense, is a message in and of itself.

The system lurches forward. I could argue that some of them are actually innocent, which may be true, but the law factory doesn’t work like that. It isn’t about guilt or innocence. The system is about keeping things moving. It grinds a person down—innocent or guilty—until he or she submits.

... And I was just about to wrap-up and realized that I hadn't even listed the mystery as one of the main themes. Honestly, I think that's because as I said before, while it's at the center of the story and is the vehicle through which everything is happening, there are all these other things going on as well (those listed above) and in may ways, the story is mostly about these other things. Want to be sure not to leave out the fact that the book was also really surprisingly funny! There were a couple instances where I did literally laugh out loud, and the secondary characters were a great addition; Emma was a real pill, total boss lady, and I liked her and her cousins, brothers Hermes and Nikolas.

“I think you’re overqualified for this job,” I said.

“True.” Emma thought for a moment. “My boobs fooled you.” She shrugged. “Not the first man to underestimate me.”

I nodded, admitting that the tight, short skirts and the big hair were, for lack of a better description, distracting. “I think you also deserve a raise.”

“You’re right, again.” Emma smiled. “Twice in one morning. Not bad.”

Finally, can't end without writing something about the mystery itself, but is a definite spoiler, so DO NOT CLICK if you haven't read the book; I don't include any names, but still: skip! (view spoiler)

Basics. Fictional story. Set in modern-day St. Louis, Missouri. Main character is black widowed father and lawyer; he comes from an interracial family, with a white mother and a black father. There is not very much gore or violence (really light compared to most serial killer murder books).

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“Things could turn violent.” Schmitty put words to what Chief Wilson had implied.

“You guys don’t get it.” I looked back over the crime scene. “Things have already turned violent.” I looked at them, thinking about laying on the ground with blood in my mouth as a white police officer cracked my ribs with his boot. Being cooperative and respectful didn’t make me safe. It didn’t change the color of my skin. “Things have been violent for years—not just this, but everything.” I started to walk away, then stopped and turned back to them. “But you’re right. When this breaks open, it’s not just young black kids who are going to get hurt.”

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Jul 15, 2017 Bonnie E. rated it liked it

I read this over the course of a weekend, so it clearly captured my attention. The book started out strong but got muddled with many side stories, distracting from its main premise which was the disappearance of a young boy in St. Louis, and then the discovery of a mass gravesite where many young men were found buried. Justin Glass is a struggling mixed race criminal defense lawyer who is hired by a little girl whose brother has gone missing. He takes on the job even though he's broke and trying I read this over the course of a weekend, so it clearly captured my attention. The book started out strong but got muddled with many side stories, distracting from its main premise which was the disappearance of a young boy in St. Louis, and then the discovery of a mass gravesite where many young men were found buried. Justin Glass is a struggling mixed race criminal defense lawyer who is hired by a little girl whose brother has gone missing. He takes on the job even though he's broke and trying to raise his young daughter following the death of his wife. He and his little girl Sammy live in a carriage house owned by his wealthy grandfather, a retired federal judge, while his mother and the judge live in the main house.

Many subplots emerge. Justin is the son of a US Congressman and civil rights leader, and his grandfather is a retired judge, so he is very well connected. He has to decide whether to run for political office as his father is retiring, even though his brother aspires to that position. Sibling rivalry is strongly hinted at but not much is done with that aspect of the story. Sammy is being bullied at school and her father feels like a failure for not being able to protect her. Emma, a tough, no-nonsense woman with a mysterious past, shows up to run his office and gets his law practice in order. He spends an inordinate amount of time defending a chronic alcoholic who was busted on a misdemeanor for drinking in a public park who wants his day in court and there is a trial - and that story goes on and on. Justin's love interest is the mayor of St. Louis but their romance is fizzling, and his political younger brother Lincoln is plotting things with a sidekick named Buster, but unfortunately none of these characters are fully developed. His interactions with his mother and father seem very one dimensional. He has interesting neighbors who run a coffee shop and they play a key role in the plot but they are not particularly engrossing because we don't get much of a real portrait of them either.

Justin joins forces with a sergeant from the police force to try to solve the murders, but their relationship is rocky. Racial injustice is a common theme throughout the story. The community is outraged at the indifference paid to the disappearance of so many of their children, and there are encounters with police officers who are mainly portrayed as brutal or loutish. Justin is on the receiving end of it himself, while also observing how many children seem abandoned or neglected by their own families.

I was not surprised to learn the identity of the mass murderer at the end because it was telegraphed at some point, and the revelation of the murderer seemed quite contrived.

There is some very good writing, and the main character is fairly well developed, but it seems that the book was not quite sure what it wanted to be, and so it meanders along in different directions. And that ending just didn't ring true to me. ...more

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Jul 01, 2017 Heather rated it it was amazing

Best book I've read in a while

Can't believe this was a free Kindle First book and looking forward to reading more by this author. There's some weighty themes but it's a very enjoyable read.

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Jul 01, 2017 Cathy Cox rated it it was amazing

Keep an open mind.

I enjoyed it, because it stayed neutral about racism. Has a good plot. Covers many social issues, but stays on track. Keep you guessing, until the end.

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Jul 16, 2017 Nancy Hammons rated it really liked it

#blacklivesmatter meets John Grisham sums this book up.

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May 16, 2017 Cathy Ryan rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-fiction

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Jul 13, 2017 Darcey Hawkins rated it it was amazing

I really enjoyed this book. The author adds authenticity to his main character because he is a lawyer himself. I enjoyed the different characters and the plot. well done.

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Jul 02, 2017 Barbara Fusi rated it it was amazing

Outstanding

Refreshing story about a young boy missing and his little sister who hires an attorney with her jar of coins.

Reminds me of Grisham in his early books. Great story from a 'black' man's prospective.

Also a thoroughly exciting mystery as well.

I look forward to reading more books from this author!
Oh how we need to put ourselves in other people's shoes.

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Jul 13, 2017 Susan Swiderski rated it liked it

Shelves: first-reads, heart-wrenching, mystery

NOTE: This was my Kindle First choice for July. If you want to read it, it's scheduled for release in August.

From page one, when a little girl plops a jar filled with coins on a lawyer's desk in hopes of hiring him to find her missing brother, I was captivated by the author's natural easy-reading style of writing. For the most part, I continued to enjoy his writing, but in other ways, the book didn't quite live up to my expectations, and I'm not even sure why.

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Jul 03, 2017 c a bolesta rated it liked it

I wanted very much to like this book...

...but alas, I was disappointed. As an STL native, I have issues with the local setting. I grew up in the city and recently returned to live on the near Southside. While I enjoyed accurate and authentic references to locales and local culture, it is obvious that the writer has gaps in his knowledge of our city and vernacular. For example, we never refer to the St. Louis Post Dispatch as the "Dispatch"-we abbreviate it as the "Post". I also volunteer in the ...more

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Jul 13, 2017 Tere Fredericks rated it it was amazing

A Book Like No Other

I will write a better review when I have more fully processed what is here. This book took me a LONG time to read. It is a Prime First for July 2017 and it is the 13th.

This entails a little sister begging a lawyer for help. As the black lawyer looks at this little black girl begging for help in finding her big brother, he relents to do a quick look see. What he found was horrifying. There appear to be more than he thought. His short look-see turned into much more. As I read ...more

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Jul 18, 2017 Jenny Wilson rated it it was ok

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Jul 19, 2017 Beatress rated it it was ok

Shelves: mystery

It was okay. I think there were some holes (for me). My uncle was a policeman, the sharing of the files between a cop and a lawyer...I just had an issue with that. I did like the main character Justin Glass. There seemed to be side roads that I'm not sure why were included...do authors put these in the book for filler or does it set the stage for the second book? An 8 year old asks him to find her brother who ends up being one of many murdered by a serial killer...the cops ask for Justin's help ...more

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Jul 14, 2017 Laura rated it really liked it

This was a quick read and one of the better Kindle First selections I have read. This had a John Grisham-type feel about it although the main character was a mixed race, middle aged defense lawyer from St. Louis. Narrated in the first person, the main character, Justin Glass Is a humble man from a privileged background. So while I knew about him, I did not feel for him. I understood that he suffered from depression but did not know how it affected him and his daughter. So an interesting story bu ...more

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Jul 09, 2017 Tina Bailey rated it liked it

Just an okay story for me.

I think the plot was the best part of this book. The characters were "okay", to me, they were put together with the thought of racism being the forefront of their lives, black attorney with a black senator for a father and his lack brother also in Missouri state legislature, so how racist can St. Louis be when this is the life of the main character? Anyway it was okay. I wouldn't take the time to read it if I had known what it was actually going to represent.

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Jul 08, 2017 Linda rated it it was amazing

This was a Kindle First book. I enjoyed this story and felt that it was very timely considering the problems we are having today. Racism has never really gone away. There were some twists and turns in the story, but I did figure out who had done the foul deeds. It was well written to get you to that point. You like all the characters and don't want to see anyone get hurt, even the "lost boys" and their families. You can feel the family's pain through the story. I would recommend this to anyone t ...more

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Jul 07, 2017 Rachel rated it it was amazing

What an interesting and disturbing book. These "Lost" boys was a sad story and ending, with a theme that is running through our country today. There were many layers to this book, this story. A human element that, I think gets overlooked at times. I loved Justin, the personal struggles that he was grappling with, coming out of a darkness into the light. It was a parallel theme with these boys. It was intrigued and glad I read this one. It was my first book by this author, and was surprise, in a ...more

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Jul 17, 2017 Genevieve Burgess rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2017

This mystery seemed to have a hard time deciding if it wanted to tell a story about Justin Glass and his family, or a mystery about a serial killer murdering black boys in St.Louis and ended up with not quite enough of either. I was able to piece together who the actual killer was long before the end, and I'm not sure what all the time spent with the main character hemming and hawing over whether he wants to run for political office was supposed to add to the story. The social commentary aspect ...more

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Jul 17, 2017 Joe Vitucci rated it really liked it

This one is hard to put down when you need to do to get stuff done around the house. I thought the characters were realistic except for Emma maybe. She was just way too good for her job. With all of the tensions filling our lives today, the one that remains from my childhood is still right up there. Plus we have bullying, sexual affairs, politicians and others in this book. I guess not much has changed at all. St. Louis is the setting, but it just as easily could have been Cincinnati. Very well ...more

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Jul 04, 2017 Beth rated it liked it

This book was okay. There were many places the story jumped from place to place without any explanation. He hears a noise in the alley late at night, like a bottle rolling or something, and then he just goes to sleep. What?!
The story started to flow better about halfway through. But then it got very transparent.
It was a timely story but it was more about the lawyer than about the boys that were lost. The story provided a good backdrop for the lawyer's story.

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Jul 08, 2017 Tracy Dryer rated it it was amazing

Fantastic

I enjoyed this book more than I have enjoyed a book in a long time. I attended St. Louis College of Pharmacy in the Central West End. It was awesome to read familiar streets and landmarks. The book had more of a genuine feel because of the accuracy of the locale. It was well written and was a fast read. So sad when I finished it, because I had grown to love the characters. Great character development. Will read more of the author's work now.

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Jul 12, 2017 Marisol Ferrante rated it it was amazing

Great Storytelling with a Bit of Mystery

I decided to read this book because I'd read that there were several African American teenage boys missing. I was curious to find out why. I was pleasantly surprised by the backstory of a struggling lawyer and his daughter. Then there was the mystery of the missing boys and what this lawyer did to help when no one really cared to find out. It is a fast paced read and I had to force myself to stop so I could get some sleep.

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Jul 10, 2017 Esther Martinez rated it it was amazing

I enjoyed this book because it kept me interested from start to finish. In my opinion that is what makes a book really enjoyable. The storyline was believable and the author did a great job with character development. If you want to get down and dirty and critique as to whether or not its thriller or that the story about a down and out widowed attorney doesnt flow..well go ahead. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and recommended it to anyone ;)

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Jul 11, 2017 Jennifer rated it liked it

Strange experience with this book. You're trucking along, getting to know the characters, getting invested in the Lost Boys case, then BAM. The book...just...stalls. The Cecil case, Sammy's school drama, will he or won't he run for office--all of these take center stage and you're left thinking, "weren't we looking for the killer of some missing boys?" By the time the thread got picked up, the book was wrapping up. In other words, I had editing issues with this book.

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Jul 12, 2017 Dean Clark rated it really liked it

Interesting read

I gave Little Boy Lost 4 stars because it was entertaining and fun to read. But that's not all You don't have to read far to see that Mr. Trafford has experiential knowledge of the legal system. So a little education in that area was an added bonus. Overall a good story, well written, and emotionally moving. This book is hard to put down. For that reason its easy to overlook the author's occasional social lecturing.

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J.D. Trafford is an award-winning author who has been profiled in Mystery Scene Magazine (a "writer of merit"). His debut novel was selected as an IndieReader bestselling pick, and his books have topped Amazon's bestseller lists, including Amazon's #1 Legal Thriller.

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“It’s hard to maintain faith when life gives you such pain and organized religion seems to have been co-opted by the cruel and self-righteous. But” — 0 likes

“the record. Both complied, and then Judge Polansky asked the defense attorney about the status of the case. “My client would like to plead guilty, Your Honor.” Judge Polansky allowed a smile to escape, ever so briefly, and then listened as they outlined the plea agreement, waived the defendant’s right to a trial, and laid a factual basis for the guilty plea. The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing in three weeks and then moved on to the next case. The clerk stood and called the next one. The parties shuffled into position, but this time the defendant had not arrived for trial, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Two more cases were called: another no-show and then a dismissal because one of the witnesses was refusing to cooperate. Finally,” — 0 likes

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