(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Why would a father abduct his own child? A wedding is planned in Jane Ryland's family, but there's a disaster instead. Nine-year-old Gracie-supposed to be the flower girl-has been taken by her stepdad. Where are they? Is the girl in danger? Reporter Jane Ryland learns there's a limit to the bonds of family-and learns to her peril what happens when loved ones are pushed too far.
Meanwhile, Detective Jake Brogan's got a doozy of a case. At Boston's historic Faneuil Hall, a man is stabbed to death in front of a crowd of tourists snapping photos of the murder on their cell phones. Solving the case should be easy, but the pictures and surveillance video lead him to a dark conspiracy of extortion and stolen lives.
Jane and Jake must explore where their loyalties lie-to each other? To their families? To their careers? If they make the wrong decision, the consequences could be fatal.

I read the third book in this series a little while ago and, just like that book, this one had its ups and downs.

Most significant in the list of positives is the pacing of the novel. Regardless of how I was feeling about the plots or characters, the story kept chugging along, keeping the suspense building all the while. The two plots should have been more interesting but did enough to keep me reading.

The downsides, for me, were the plots themselves. I think there was just too much going on to keep me invested completely in the outcome. It was just a bit too - how do I say this? - fiddly?
The other thing was the dynamic between Jake and Jane. It still didn't feel convincing. It feels like their "will they, won't they?" story just keeps dragging out and the author is just throwing in more plot points and story arcs to stop them from actually doing anything.

Will I read another one? Geez, I really don't know...


Paul
ARH