Addis Kensington and best friend Emerson Childress had spent a typical evening together after Addis's mom, Lydia, had yelled at her and she'd headed straight round to her home away from home. When the of them went back to pick up some clothes for a hastily arranged sleepover Addis is horror-struck to find her parents dead on the kitchen floor.

Gabriel Kensington's sister is the local district attorney and after the teenager calls her Aunt Grace she rushes to her niece's aid only to find there is no trace of either girl in the ransacked home.

Detective Alyssa Wyatt is well placed to understand the agony Grace is experiencing; both her children have been targeted in the past and she knows speed is of the essence if the girls are to be found alive. With a team she trusts implicitly behind her Alyssa begins her investigation but partner Cord is distracted by his personal life and another member of the team is definitely hiding something. As the stakes get higher Alyssa finds her own family thrown into the spotlight once again and wonders if her trust has been misplaced.

Wow, what a book! I was a little concerned that once again the main storyline centred around a child abduction but it was immediately so good that after a couple of pages it didn't matter a bit! I found myself wanting to read faster to find out what happened but not wanting it to end either as the whole story was spellbinding. I love Alyssa and Cord; their partnership, banter and mutual respect leaps off the page and is just so right as is the working relationships and reactions of the rest of the now familiar team. The difficulties they experienced this time was also realistic, and added another level of tension.

I have to admit I would like to see Alyssa investigate something other than abductions just to see how this brilliant author would deal with it. That said if the next book is also centred around a similar theme I'll still be all over it.

I was able to read an advanced copy of this thanks to NetGalley and the publishers but the opinions expressed are my own. This is absolutely recommended as a must read book and series for any fans of this genre.

I love these books!!! Can’t get enough. Great suspense and good twists. I was little pressed for time so had to skim more than I wanted but still a good book. Highly recommended