"Four minutes. That's all it took to steal a child. A lollipop, a Santa suit, and two hundred forty seconds...A missing child is an open, infected wound."
Marin Machado and her husband, Derek, struggled to get pregnant but are totally overjoyed now raising their 4-year-old son, Sebastian. Their wealth and community position don't help them when Sebastian is kidnapped from a very busy Pike Place Market on a Saturday afternoon in December. Marin was texting her husband when Sebastian let go of her hand. The FBI worked the case diligently but the leads went nowhere and the case is now gone cold 16 months later. Marin is in a very bad place emotionally and her relationship with Derek is on the rocks. Then, she learns that he is having an affair. Marin refuses to lose her husband along with her child and decides that she is going to do something about it. NO SPOILERS.
This was a very fast-paced and absorbing psychological thriller that I found impossible to put down so read it in a single sitting today. It is quite heart-wrenching watching Marin struggle and try to keep herself together. The toll that the kidnapping took on her and Derek's marriage was considerable as is common in these situations, and the ways in which both dealt with the trauma and ongoing anguish was difficult to read at times. Although the focus of the narrative is from Marin's viewpoint, there is also insight into what the other characters were thinking and feeling as well. A totally well-crafted story that has a fitting conclusion and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for this e-book ARC to read, review and recommend.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
Genre -- psychological thriller, family drama
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