Vanished from Campus -- (Review of Alex Finlay's thriller, Parents Weekend)
The only thing worse, to a typical college freshman, than having their parents come for a visit, is having everyone’s parents on campus to visit. In other words? The dreaded Parents Weekend... full of assorted activities for students and parents alike, beginning with the opening night dinner, when groups of parents and their kids mingle. But for five families—who’ve traveled from all over the U.S. to see how their offspring are coping with freshman life—that dinner takes an unexpected turn... when not one of their kids shows up. Is it just a matter of irresponsible teens, acting out? Perhaps some sort of fraternity/sorority hazing ritual they’re fulfilling? Or... something else?? That’s the million-dollar question on everyone’s mind in Alex Finlay’s latest thriller, Parents Weekend . At small, private Santa Clara University, located on the coast of Northern California, freshmen are divided into small “po...