All That Is Mine I Carry with Me: A Novel

Summary

A mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the children, there is only doubt. From the New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob. . . .

One afternoon in November 1975, ten-year-old Miranda Larkin comes home from school to find the house eerily quiet. Her mother is missing. Nothing else is out of place. There is no sign of struggle. Her mom’s pocketbook is in the front hall, in its usual spot.

So begins a mystery that will span a lifetime. What happened to Jane Larkin?

Suspicion falls immediately on her husband, Dan. A criminal defense attorney, Dan would know a thing or two about eluding the police. But no evidence is found linking him to a crime, and the case fades from the public’s memory, a simmering, unresolved mystery.

Jane’s three children—Alex, Jeff, and Miranda—are left to be raised by a man who may have murdered their mother. Over the years, each makes their own uneasy peace with the situation.

Nearly two decades later, the remains of Jane Larkin are found. The investigation is awakened. The children, now grown, are forced to choose sides: With their father or against him? Guilty or innocent? And what if they are wrong?

A tale of family secrets and rivalries, but also of love and growing up, All That Is Mine I Carry With Me masterfully grapples with a primal question: When does family loyalty reach its limit?