Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by herwidowed father Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fianc, andher own Search and Rescue bloodhound - which she uses to find missingpersons. But as she plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of alife she can't recall. Then a policeman shows up at her door, arrestingher father for the kidnap of a little girl. And Delia's past and presentfracture into little pieces.VANISHING ACTS is a book about the very natureand power of memory. It explores what happens when the past we have beenrunning from catches up to us, and questions who we trust to tell us thestory of our lives before we are capable of remembering it ourselves.