Linda S. (Linda) reviewed on 8/13/2015 + 770 more book reviews

I am so glad I gave these authors another chance! I had read one of their books some time back and was not impressed. When this one was offered through NetGalley, I decided to try them again.

Young children are being abducted. It's up to DI Patrick Lennon to find these children and the person or persons responsible for their disappearance. The first child taken is found dead. The detectives become desperate to find the others .. still alive. When the second child taken is found alive and well, they determine that the third child, still missing, was not abducted by the same person.

Many people are lying... the child's father, the child's older sister who was babysitting, a friend of the mother's. Once you figure out the lies, then you have to wonder at the why.

DI Lennon has almost more than he can handle. His own wife tried to kill their infant daughter and she has been in the mental hospital for almost two years. He is attracted to his boss, who is married. There is another detective who wants Lennon's job and tries to discredit him at every opportunity.

The plot itself is intricate and very well thought out. Characters are drawn well. Even the petulant teenagers are pretty much true to form.

I am looking forward to Book 2 in this series .... The Blissfully Dead.

Many thanks to NetGalley / Amazon Publishing / Thomas & Mercer for the opportunity to read in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

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