It is every parent's nightmare, to have their child taken from them. DI
Sarah Quinn is called to just such a scene. Six month old Evie has
been snatched from in front of a news agent while her mother went in to
get a magazine. The mother is hysterical when Quinn and her partner DS
Hunt arrive. Thus starts a massive search for baby Evie.
At the
ensuing press conference Quinn comes face-to-face with her old nemesis
Caroline King, a reporter from London. The two do not care for each
other. King tries to get to the mother while Quinn puts roadblocks in
her way.
The police and mother are thrown into a state of shock
when the kidnapper sends each a photo of baby Evie propped up in front
of the TV on which is an image of the tearful mother begging for her
child's safe return. At the same time King finds a bag containing a
lock of the child's hair on her wind screen at the hotel where she is
staying. What to do with the information? How did King find out about
the photos? When King releases her information it puts the case in
jeopardy as far as Quinn is concerned. Shortly thereafter Evie is found
dead by jogger.
King's release of information, obviously given
to her by a police informant, angers the kidnapper and another baby is
snatched in the middle of the night from its cot. King angles for more
and approaches the parents of the victims unbeknownst to the police.
The story she creates puts Sarah Quinn in a very bad light when it is
released.
That doesn't prevent Quinn from solving the case, and as she does, several shocking truths are revealed.
Author
Maureen Carter has written an intriguing, suspenseful murder mystery,
one the reader will have a hard time putting down. I am looking forward
to the sequel.
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