An adopted daughter. A vanished teenager. A secret that must stay hidden.
FBI Special Agent Charlie O’Rourke believed adopting Jamie Beth would keep her safe.
But when her best friend vanishes during a school band rehearsal, Charlie discovers the threat isn’t random.
As Jamie Beth desperately searches for answers about her best friend’s disappearance, she has no idea she’s next.
To save his daughter, Charlie must choose between protocol and survival.
Perfect for readers who love the layered conspiracies of Daniel Silva, the emotional
stakes of NCIS, and the shadow-war tension of The Blacklist.
S.F. Baumgartner crafts fast-paced Christian suspense thrillers, weaving tales of complex characters, secretive operatives, and relentless agents.
Her gripping storytelling has earned acclaim, with Living Secrets and Forgotten Secret—Books 1 & 2 of her Mirror Estate series—named Top Picks in the thriller & suspense categories, respectively, at Killer Nashville, and Tangled Secrets—Book 3 of Mirror Estate series—won couple of
awards in the Christian Indie Awards and the Incipere Awards.
When she’s not plotting her next twist, she’s binge-watching crime TV shows, like
NCIS or playing with her cats.
Fans of James Patterson’s style, especially
those who appreciate short, punchy chapters, will find much to love in her
work.
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My thoughts: I came to this having not read the previous books in the series, and while it was fine, it might be worth reading them first to get all the back story and fully understand who all the characters are and how they’re connected.
Jamie Beth was adopted aged five, after her foster parents were murdered, and with her dad being an FBI agent, she should be safe. Then her best friend is mistakenly abducted, the two girls look alike.
Having received messages from the kidnapper, she sets off to rescue her friend, without telling anyone. Thankfully her dad and his friends are a little more savvy than she realises and are soon hot on her heels.
Who is hunting for Jamie Beth and is it connected to her murdered foster parents? And how is it all connected to several master criminals the team Charlie works with are tracking?
There’s a lot going on, but it all seems connected and as the team connect the dots, and work to keep Jamie Beth safe, secrets come to the surface and the some things fall into place for the team’s investigation.
I’m hoping to go back to the beginning to fill out the details for the investigation and the team members, as I was very intrigued by it all.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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