HERE AND GONE is what I call a “grabber.” In the first chapters, you’ll want to know what is happening. Then, at about the halfway point, this book will grab your attention so tightly you will want to read late into the night.

Audra and her two children are traveling cross-country when they are stopped by a local Arizona sheriff. He plants evidence, says he suspects her of a crime, and arrests her. A deputy arrives to take the children to “a safe place.” Audra is put in jail and awaits a hearing.

I wasn’t happy with these chapters. The whole situation with Audra and the sheriff is too frustrating (she isn’t as smart as her 11-year-old son), and child abduction is too horrible. But the chapters are short and necessary to the story.

Next are chapters about Danny, the kind of person he is, and how he came to be that way. His child, too, was abducted in much the same way as Audra is claiming.

These chapters are necessary setup. Again, they are short.

After that, while HERE AND GONE is somewhat predictable, it is still a grabber. But this review will not take away from your enjoyment of this book by providing anymore details. It grabbed me because I didn’t read reviews.

I won this book through librarything.com.