On a freezing Minneapolis night, a three-month-old baby is kidnapped from a wealthy neighborhood. The babysitter is attacked and the baby, Elizabeth Ann, is taken from her home. Her well-to-do parents are devastated, particularly her mother, and are desperate to find her.
The Minneapolis Police were called immediately and the search for Elizabeth Ann begins. The babysitter, even though banged up a bit, survives her attack and is able to speak to the police. The police family liaison officer is Afton Tangler. She has seen some pretty awful things during her time with the police, but this one seems worse than other crimes because the victim is a baby.
Afton and Mike, the officer working the case, are joined by the FBI in order to find little Elizabeth Ann before it is too late. There is a raging snow storm but Afton knows that time is of the essence and they have none of it to waste. This is why they are out following leads as to where the baby is.
As they investigate, clues begin to point a serial offender. Whoever took Elizabeth Ann has done this before and will do it again if not stopped. Secrets and lies begin to emerge, making the investigation even more difficult. Soon, they all begin to wonder if they will find Elizabeth Ann before she is harmed.
LITTLE GIRL GONE is a story that hits the ground running. I was caught up in it from the first page. As a reader, I was allowed to meet all of the "players" in this horrific game throughout the book. This is not a "whodunit" sort of plot but more of a "cat and mouse" tale. Knowing both the good guys and the bad guys from the beginning only makes it more thrilling. The chase is on and is hindered by many dangers along the way.
Afton Tangler is a wonderful character! She is brave, strong and yet, holds her two daughters very close to her heart. She also loves her job but really gets into the investigative side of the various cases where her skills are needed. Plus, she is really good at ferreting out information and has an excellent nose for spotting clues that others might miss.
Written in a way that draws readers into the plot, LITTLE LOST GIRL provides plenty of emotion and excitement with some truly intense and nerve jangling scenes. I cannot say enough great things about the uniqueness of the plot. It is certainly not a tale that you are likely to find in other books very often, if ever.
LITTLE LOST GIRL is the perfect book for those readers who love going along for a tremendously, harrowing ride to a perfectly satisfying ending.
In the first Afton Tangler thriller, the unforgiving cold
of a Minnesota winter hides the truth behind an even more
chilling crimeβ¦
On a frozen night in an affluent neighborhood of
Minneapolis, a baby is abducted from her home after her
teenage babysitter is violently assaulted. The parents are
frantic, the police are baffled, and, with the perpetrator
already in the wind, the trail is getting colder by the second.
As family liaison officer with the Minneapolis P.D., itβs
Afton Tanglerβs job to deal with the emotional aftermath of
terrible crimesβbut sheβs never faced a case quite as brutal
as this. Each development is more heartbreaking than the
last and the only lead is a collection of seemingly
unrelated clues.
But, most disturbing of all, Afton begins to suspect that
this case is not isolated. Whoever did this has taken
babies beforeβand if Afton doesnβt solve this crime soon,
more children are sure to go missing . . .
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