I’d had this book sitting in my Nook library for some time now and I don’t know why I never read it – but I’m sure glad I decided to give it a whirl. There is nothing better than a good crime/murder mystery and this story would make a great movie. It had a bit of everything -- good cop/bad cop, reformed prisoner/unreformed ex-prisoners, revenge, kidnapping, shootouts, clues/fake clues and more.

The story starts with a prominent attorney’s daughter being kidnapped while leaving work. The following day the chief of police’s daughter is kidnapped. And then the fun begins. When it is discovered that the kidnappers may have crossed state lines with the girls, the FBI is called in and a desperate manhunt begins. A ransom request is imminent, the girls have been buried alive with nothing but an air vent, one of them a diabetic and desperately in need of her insulin, and the seconds are ticking off the clock faster than anyone can count.

This was a well written crime mystery – my first by this author. While I did figure out who the bad guy was, it was still a captivating and intriguing story and well worth the read.