Soo good. Little Suzie Salmon (like the fish...) disappeared after school one day and was brutally murdered by her creep of a neighbor.Her father is instinctively suspicious of the strange man but his accusations are only scorned at by the town and police as there is no evidence supporting his theory. The murder goes unsolved for years and Suzie witnesses it tear at the hearts and relationships of her surviving family. Only a piece of her elbow is found in a cornfield. She narrates the novel and part of her remains on earth with her loved ones in spirit every day. She is creatively suspended in her own peice of heaven where she meets others and can only look on patiently and await the necessary closure of her death for herself and loved ones on earth. She lingers in the minds of many who's lives were impacted by the loss of the little girl. The deceased Suzie remains with them, however, and watches with a bit of envy as her sister and friends grow up to greet the oncoming years that were so violently snatched away from her. They are granted the opportunity to fully live experiences that she can only dream of and observe from afar. The book resembles a suspenseful murder mystery. It keeps the anxious reader hoping that her family and friends can solve the mystery and catch the man who continues to commit perverted random crimes leaving his young dead hidden away and those still living with painful wounds to mend.