Collecting Innocents (The 911 Abductions, #2)

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Collecting Innocents (The 911 Abductions #2)

by C.K. Webb (Goodreads Author), D.J. Weaver (Goodreads Author)

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Nov 12, 2011 Melanie rated it 5 of 5 stars

The mother-daughter writing duo has done it again. Collecting Innocents, the second book in the 911 Abduction series is even better than the first one. They had big shoes to fill and they've managed to come up with an even more thrilling and can't-put-it-down story.

In the first book Cruelty to Innocents, kids are kidnapped from an emergency scene while their caregivers are busy helping others. In consequence of these abductions the Saving Angels Agency was created by Sloanne and her fiance Shaw...more

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Apr 21, 2012 Sandie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Something is very wrong on I-10. Parents who encounter car problems while riding on the interstate are disappearing along with their children. The parents all make 9-11 calls from callboxes along the interstate and that is the last contact anyone has with them. The bodies of the parents are found in a few days or weeks but the children are never found.

The police are slow to put together the cases as they happen in different jurisdictions. That's where The Saving Angels Agency comes in. The agenc...more

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Oct 28, 2011 Dolores Ayotte rated it 5 of 5 stars

Once again, Webb and Weaver have shown their skill and prowess at developing a suspenseful and thrilling novel. This mother/daughter duo have managed to captivate their readers by thickening the plot when necessary with many twists and turns in order to keep them on their toes. I was riveted to the page as I read Collecting Innocents and you will be too. It drew me back over and over again as I was eager to discover the threads from the past and how they would link up to the present crime. Webb...more Once again, Webb and Weaver have shown their skill and prowess at developing a suspenseful and thrilling novel. This mother/daughter duo have managed to captivate their readers by thickening the plot when necessary with many twists and turns in order to keep them on their toes. I was riveted to the page as I read Collecting Innocents and you will be too. It drew me back over and over again as I was eager to discover the threads from the past and how they would link up to the present crime. Webb and Weaver have skillfully woven a web of suspense, fear and mystery. Collecting Innocents is a must read!

This second suspense novel in the 911 abductions series is a real thriller. It is a follow-up to Cruelty to Innocents where the stage was set with a series of mysterious disappearances of young children. These previous abductions always took place at the scene of an emergency situation in Aberdeen, Maryland when their caregivers were preoccupied with helping others. Due to this crisis, an emergency agency was formed by Sloanne Kelly and her fiance Shawn Tyler called Saving Angels Agency after the abduction and murder of Sloanne’s best friend’s daughter.

Collecting Innocents is a continuation of this same plot. This time; however, not only children but also their parents and automobiles, are strangely disappearing after emergency calls from 911 Call Boxes on a stretch of highway between Florida and California on Interstate 10. These highway crimes take place in the short distance between Slidell Louisiana and Vidor Texas. The novel starts off with the mysterious disappearance of Tammy Pruett and her young daughter, Moira. There have also been two other similar abductions but no one seems to see the connection in these crimes with the exception of Lieutenant Jake Mackenzie, better known as Mac to his friends.

Mac is a former employee of the Maryland, Aberdeen Police Department and well aware of the abductions that took place there just over two years ago. He has the uneasy feeling that some how or other these new crimes are connected to the past and what took place. They are hauntingly familiar and he cannot put his uneasiness to rest. Unable to convince the Sheriff and other police departments of his suspicions, he reaches out for aid from Shawn and Sloanne and their capable staff at Saving Angels Agency. The gruesome details of the cases unfold in such away that fear is instilled in everyone involved. Shawn and Sloanne once again have the opportunity to put their experienced investigative team to work. Along with the capable help of Birney Sullivan, the former news reporter from Maryland, Aberdeen, these three experts work together to help solve the case.
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Oct 26, 2011 Thomas rated it 5 of 5 stars

Imagine if you will- there is nothing more scarier than to be broken down on a highway out in the middle of nowhere, with your small child in your back seat. You call 911 from a roadside call box but someone else is listening in to the call...and before long- your worst nightmare becomes very real. You're abducted and your child goes missing. In Collecting Innocents this pattern is repeated over and over again. The gruesome murders pile up along with a list of abducted children.

A cop, formerly o...more
Imagine if you will- there is nothing more scarier than to be broken down on a highway out in the middle of nowhere, with your small child in your back seat. You call 911 from a roadside call box but someone else is listening in to the call...and before long- your worst nightmare becomes very real. You're abducted and your child goes missing. In Collecting Innocents this pattern is repeated over and over again. The gruesome murders pile up along with a list of abducted children.

A cop, formerly of the Aberdeen Maryland police department sees a pattern to these crimes and contacts Sloanne Kelly, who worked on a very similar case back in Maryland. With the help of Sloanne's fiancée and a seasoned crime reporter, they team up with the cop and go looking for a killer who is also collecting young children.

In their first book in the series, Cruelty To Innocents, CK Webb and DJ Weaver set the bar high with a tale that had me glued to the pages with a frighteningly great suspenseful thriller. To reach that same lofty plateau, I knew that Collecting Innocents would have to work hard to earn itself the same level of praise. At the halfway point in the book, I was seeing many stars. More than 5 of them to be exact.

CK & DJ are masters at crafting character development in their stories. I found myself absorbed into the lives of the victims- and I cared about them a great deal. I was saddened and horrified when they were about to be killed; my mind screaming at them: "Don't open the car door for that tow truck driver! He's not who you think he is!" Too late.... they didn't hear me.

The crime scene investigation segments in the story also had a strong realistic pull to them which helped to solidify the tale into another hit for those of us who love criminal suspense thrillers.

I will not hesitate when I tell you to rush out to your favorite book retailer and buy Collecting Innocents. Do it now. In fact, you'll want to collect all of CK's and DJ's books in the 911 Abduction Series. Watch for the final book in the series: Avenging Innocents. They were all meant to be sitting on a book shelf. YOUR bookshelf!

I give Collecting Innocents 5 Stars.

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Feb 25, 2012 Darian Wilk rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Along I-10 people and children are disappearing. The parents are turning up savagely murdered, but there’s no sign of the children. Someone is keeping them, but why? No one sees the connection between the disappearances, except Detective Mac Mackenzie, and he enlists the help of Saving Angels, the countries leading agency for finding missing children. Sloanne and her crew immediately see the connections, connections all too familiar to them. But with the resistance of other Police Departments, w...more Along I-10 people and children are disappearing. The parents are turning up savagely murdered, but there’s no sign of the children. Someone is keeping them, but why? No one sees the connection between the disappearances, except Detective Mac Mackenzie, and he enlists the help of Saving Angels, the countries leading agency for finding missing children. Sloanne and her crew immediately see the connections, connections all too familiar to them. But with the resistance of other Police Departments, will they be able to find and bring these children home? Or will the killer keep collecting innocents?

Collecting Innocents is the second book in this series. Nothing can kill the flow in a story quicker than too much back-story, and that’s a common issue when reading books in a series. A majority of the first few chapters is riddled with information from the previous book, and a reader can’t help wondering when the heck they’re going to get to THIS story. But the authors did a wonderful job weaving the background of the first book into this story. Not having read the first book, I was able to jump right into this one, getting enough knowledge along the way of the characters history without the flow being bogged down by too much back-story.

The authors waste no time pulling you into this story, and being a mother myself, right from the start I felt the fear; being stranded with my child in the car, then the momentary relief that help has arrived is quickly smothered by terror. And from there I was hooked.

The plot moves and a wonderful pace, fast enough to keep my heart rate soaring, yet with enough breaks that I could stop and catch my breath before they were on the hunt again. It’s in the flawless pace you feel the author’s experience in the genre, particularly as the story really heats up. The cliffhangers and the end of each chapter feed into the desire to keep reading, regardless of how late it is, how tired you are, or what you’re supposed to be doing other than reading.

I really enjoyed the characters in this book as well. All of them you’ll find have their own distinct voice, mannerisms, and personalities. The crew from Saving Angels have their own strengths and weaknesses, and together they form the perfect team, making them the ideal group to help find the children.

The ending for me was slightly predictable. However, I have spent many, many years reading this genre, so most books in this genre have a somewhat predictable ending to me. That would be my main issue with this genre (which by the way is still one of my favorite genres), you’re really only left with two options for an ending; catch the bad guy, or they don’t catch the bad guy. I won’t spoil it with which way this ending went. I will say though that the authors did a wonderful job wrapping up all the loose ends. It wasn’t the dry, run-of-the-mill, blurting out the facts manner that many other authors tend to use.

Overall this was a good read for me, one of the better ones I’ve read in a while. I felt a connection with the characters, the urgency of needing to find the children, the fear that they wouldn’t find them, they pulled me into the rush of the chase. I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of the genre. And I would gladly read the first book in this series and the upcoming book as well. The authors have spent a lot of time learning their craft, and their efforts show in their work.

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Nov 01, 2011 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Absolutely wonderful! These ladies had big shoes to fill after writing book one, Cruelty to Innocents. I mean seriously, Cruelty was such a fantastic read I really had no idea how they would continue on with the characters and the story line that would be as good as Cruelty was. But, they did it! I loved how the main characters such as Sloanne, Birney, Shawn, Chloe, were brought back and how far they had come since the mayhem in book one. I felt like I was catching up with an old friend as I was...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Kristi (Books and Needlepoint) rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Let me just say quickly, that even though this is the second book in the series, it read very well as a stand alone. Be warned - there is a good chance that you will want to go back and read the first book, Cruelty to Innocents, when you are done!

I enjoyed getting to know Sloanne and Shawn, the founders of Saving Angels and learning about the work that they did in finding abducted children. They worked well together with Birney and Mac, and even though they tended to "stretch" the boundaries som...more

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CK Webb is the co-author of Cruelty To Innocents: The 9-1-1 Abductions & Collecting Innocents. She is one half of the duo who run the award winning WebbWeaver blog http://bit.ly/HWQKW
CK is a contributor for Suspense Magazine and writes a monthly column for them. You can find her many days, promoting other authors on Facebook, Twitter or on her personal blog at www.twistedwebb.blogspot.com CK i...more

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