THEN SHE WAS GONE By Lisa Jewell

Of the three children, Ellie was the favorite. It was devastating to her family when she disappeared. None of them thought she ran away except the police.  For ten years her mother, Laurel, hoped Ellie would come back. She was never spotted, none of her belongings had been found. And then, bones and a backpack were found.  DNA testing showed these were Ellie’s. And then Laurel could move on. She had lost her family and pretty much her whole life as she knew it. But when she meets Floyd and his daughter it all becomes better. His daughter, Poppy loves Laurel and Floyd and Laurel become very close.  He isn’t the man Laurel thinks he is and only one person knows this. Her son’s girlfriend gets a glimpse of his psyche. Laurel just can’t believe it.

THE COMPANY OF DEMONS

John Coleman survived a very rough time in a young life. He lived through brutal murders of “the butcher”. His father was a detective on the police force and was assigned the case. His father didn’t find the butcher and was taken off the case and I get the impression the force. He became a very bitter man who took it out(it seems) on his son, John. John subsequently finds his father dead from a self inflicted gunshot. Now, an attorney, John finds a friend from his regular haunt, a bar, in the dumpster brutally murdered and ravaged. His wife is concerned he may have feelings of guilt because he just gave a reporter an interview about the butcher. She is also concerned about their daughter and the backlash she may get at school, like John received back when. 
Interesting book. Liked it and would recommend it.