In the heat of summer 1998 in Austin, a 16-year-old boy is coming into his own at a boxing gym. He’s under the tutelage of a Haitian-born ex-fighter.
Then, one night, the boy vanishes.
This is the story that underpins “The Slip,” a new novel out this week by Austin-based author Lucas Schaefer. The novel begins more than a decade after the boy’s disappearance when his Uncle Bob receives a disorienting tip, propelling a new investigation…