This is the second installment in the series featuring DI Clare Mackay and her team and set in St. Andrews, Scotland. In this case, Clare, DS Chris West, PC Sara Stapleton and others are focused on handling a kidnapping situation. The baby, 6-month-old Abi Mitchell, was snatched from her pram while she and her parents, Kevin and Lisa, were at a charity fun run. The abduction is complicated by the fact that Abi has congenital heart disease and requires digoxin to keep her alive. The clues and leads are slim with only a single witness reporting that he saw a pizza delivery motorcycle leave with something wiggling in the side bag. It seems that the baby has vanished but soon events escalate -- there is something more going on and Clare et al need to solve this fast. NO SPOILERS.
Although this should have been very gripping, it proved slow going for me though I read it in a single sitting. I had really enjoyed the first book but was not so drawn in by the plot here. I do like the characters and the setting and will likely continue on with the series. Clare has issues in her personal life that need resolution though her position with the police seems to be well set now and her cottage is finally renovated. Overall, it was a satisfactory police procedural.
Thank you to NetGalley and Canelo for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the second book in the series and, although it could work as a standalone, I prefer to read in order.
Genre - police procedural and crime thriller
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