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Missing
Captain John Murphy begins his final flight home from London. There are only six passengers on the plane. A storm is coming, but they are just about over the storm when the signal from the plane falls off the radar.
James Fitzpatrick works for FEMA. He loves his job, hates his boss. He thinks he can do a better job, so he goes on a mission to show him up. And get even with him.
Maggie Connor is a police detective on a mandatory leave. She retreats to her parents home. Across the ravine from her house, is a house that used to be a bed and breakfast, but it closed years ago. Then she sees the light on at the back of the house.
Matt Palmer and Colin McWilliams are with the FBI. They are assigned to find out what happened to the missing plane. It is found in Eastern Canada, but there is no one on the plane. Except the two dead bodies of men who weren’t supposed to be on the flight.
Maggie knows something is going on at the house across the ravine. She saw a mini-bus arrive and several people got off. Then she doesn’t see them anymore. When she hears about the missing plane and the missing flight crew, she knows where they are. Then she sees someone else arrive. Someone who shouldn’t be there. She begins to fear for the safety of the flight crew. She has to do something, so she calls the FBI. Will they get here in time, or will she have to stop what is about to happen?
James Fitzpatrick works for FEMA. He loves his job, hates his boss. He thinks he can do a better job, so he goes on a mission to show him up. And get even with him.
Maggie Connor is a police detective on a mandatory leave. She retreats to her parents home. Across the ravine from her house, is a house that used to be a bed and breakfast, but it closed years ago. Then she sees the light on at the back of the house.
Matt Palmer and Colin McWilliams are with the FBI. They are assigned to find out what happened to the missing plane. It is found in Eastern Canada, but there is no one on the plane. Except the two dead bodies of men who weren’t supposed to be on the flight.
Maggie knows something is going on at the house across the ravine. She saw a mini-bus arrive and several people got off. Then she doesn’t see them anymore. When she hears about the missing plane and the missing flight crew, she knows where they are. Then she sees someone else arrive. Someone who shouldn’t be there. She begins to fear for the safety of the flight crew. She has to do something, so she calls the FBI. Will they get here in time, or will she have to stop what is about to happen?
- GenresMysteryMystery Thriller
223 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 15, 2011
About the author
L.C. Lang
19 books1 followerThe mysterious L.C. Lang lives in rural Illinois, surrounded by a multitude of story ideas and acres of fertile farmland.
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February 11, 2012
This was one of the free, usually 99-cent-books on Amazon I downloaded onto my Kindle--which will now be promptly deleted. (Interestingly enough, it no longer has a page there, and I notice the author has 3 more books with another female cop in a department full of men, but sporting a different name.)
I believe it must have been self-published, because it is characteristically devoid of a good editing session. The author mixed her tenses, used "was" with plurals, used "there" for "their", used apostrophes inappropriately and left gaping holes in her story.
For example, a certain group of people are held hostage, but apparently make no attempt to escape, being pacified with 3 meals/day, and books from the local library. One hostage wonders where they could be. Duh. Look at the label from the library, dude.
Another example: our heroine is staying in a house on a hill across a ravine from another house on the opposite hill. She's sitting on her porch in the dark, but is able to see, without benefit of light or binoculars, a man get out of his car at the other house, unfold a handle from his luggage and proceed to roll it into the back door of the house. THEN the light is turned on. Outside. A: mighty good eyes, huh? B: why turn on the outside light AFTER you go inside? And only then does Maggie go get binoculars.
One character is perpetually lying on the sofa in a room with her earbuds in her ear or texting on her cell phone. This wouldn't be unusual if the character was a teenager, but a killer? With her gun on the floor beside her? Does this make any sense?
In addition, there are what I assume to be fillers in the story, put there solely to increase the word count. Descriptions of characters preparing meals, cleaning up the dishes, etc. I don't expect there to be no descriptions at all, but such descriptions should move the story along somehow.
If the author turns out another book in the next year or so, I might buy another one in the hopes she has improved, because the plot of this story, though poorly executed, was a little interesting.
I believe it must have been self-published, because it is characteristically devoid of a good editing session. The author mixed her tenses, used "was" with plurals, used "there" for "their", used apostrophes inappropriately and left gaping holes in her story.
For example, a certain group of people are held hostage, but apparently make no attempt to escape, being pacified with 3 meals/day, and books from the local library. One hostage wonders where they could be. Duh. Look at the label from the library, dude.
Another example: our heroine is staying in a house on a hill across a ravine from another house on the opposite hill. She's sitting on her porch in the dark, but is able to see, without benefit of light or binoculars, a man get out of his car at the other house, unfold a handle from his luggage and proceed to roll it into the back door of the house. THEN the light is turned on. Outside. A: mighty good eyes, huh? B: why turn on the outside light AFTER you go inside? And only then does Maggie go get binoculars.
One character is perpetually lying on the sofa in a room with her earbuds in her ear or texting on her cell phone. This wouldn't be unusual if the character was a teenager, but a killer? With her gun on the floor beside her? Does this make any sense?
In addition, there are what I assume to be fillers in the story, put there solely to increase the word count. Descriptions of characters preparing meals, cleaning up the dishes, etc. I don't expect there to be no descriptions at all, but such descriptions should move the story along somehow.
If the author turns out another book in the next year or so, I might buy another one in the hopes she has improved, because the plot of this story, though poorly executed, was a little interesting.
August 14, 2021
"Missing" by L. C. Lang is oddly written, constantly moving between past and present tenses with no discernible pattern or reason.
It has four major strands, at the halfway point one of them is notable for its complete lack of a link to the other three.
A plane has simply disappeared while on a Heathrow to New York run. There's no wreckage and no clues.
Detective Maggie Connor is back in her parents rural home on mandatory psychiatric leave. She notices strange comings and going in a house just across a ravine from hers.
FBI Special Agents Mathew Palmer and Colin McWilliams are investigating the disappearance of the airplane which has turned up in an isolated Canadian airport.
And the oddity - James Fitzpatrick, Assistant Administrator of the Disasters Operations FEMA, is dealing with disasters around America. He's busy trying to get media attention for his work in a personal battle with his boss, Glen Harper. He's also planning to give his second wife her marching orders in a few days. All very interesting but it doesn't seem to tie in with anything else.
Eventually all the strands come together but in an unsatisfactory way. It allows the story to be quickly brought to a close but I couldn't help but feel that it could have been so much better.
Despite the flaws, i.e. bad editing and poor plotting, it was an interesting read, very flawed but showing quite a bit of potential.
2 Stars.
It has four major strands, at the halfway point one of them is notable for its complete lack of a link to the other three.
A plane has simply disappeared while on a Heathrow to New York run. There's no wreckage and no clues.
Detective Maggie Connor is back in her parents rural home on mandatory psychiatric leave. She notices strange comings and going in a house just across a ravine from hers.
FBI Special Agents Mathew Palmer and Colin McWilliams are investigating the disappearance of the airplane which has turned up in an isolated Canadian airport.
And the oddity - James Fitzpatrick, Assistant Administrator of the Disasters Operations FEMA, is dealing with disasters around America. He's busy trying to get media attention for his work in a personal battle with his boss, Glen Harper. He's also planning to give his second wife her marching orders in a few days. All very interesting but it doesn't seem to tie in with anything else.
Eventually all the strands come together but in an unsatisfactory way. It allows the story to be quickly brought to a close but I couldn't help but feel that it could have been so much better.
Despite the flaws, i.e. bad editing and poor plotting, it was an interesting read, very flawed but showing quite a bit of potential.
2 Stars.
June 11, 2017
Great book
I enjoyed reading this book. It was different and kept my attention. It had a great ending.. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
I enjoyed reading this book. It was different and kept my attention. It had a great ending.. Looking forward to reading more by this author.
June 12, 2015
Captain John Murphy begins his final flight home from London. There are only six passengers on the plane. A storm is coming, but they are just about over the storm when the signal from the plane falls off the radar.
James Fitzpatrick works for FEMA. He loves his job, hates his boss. He thinks he can do a better job, so he goes on a mission to show him up. And get even with him.
Maggie Connor is a police detective on a mandatory leave. She retreats to her parents home. Across the ravine from her house, is a house that used to be a bed and breakfast, but it closed years ago. Then she sees the light on at the back of the house.
Matt Palmer and Colin McWilliams are with the FBI. They are assigned to find out what happened to the missing plane. It is found in Eastern Canada, but there is no one on the plane. Except the two dead bodies of men who weren’t supposed to be on the flight.
Maggie knows something is going on at the house across the ravine. She saw a mini-bus arrive and several people got off. Then she doesn’t see them anymore. When she hears about the missing plane and the missing flight crew, she knows where they are. Then she sees someone else arrive. Someone who shouldn’t be there. She begins to fear for the safety of the flight crew. She has to do something, so she calls the FBI. Will they get here in time, or will she have to stop what is about to happen?
James Fitzpatrick works for FEMA. He loves his job, hates his boss. He thinks he can do a better job, so he goes on a mission to show him up. And get even with him.
Maggie Connor is a police detective on a mandatory leave. She retreats to her parents home. Across the ravine from her house, is a house that used to be a bed and breakfast, but it closed years ago. Then she sees the light on at the back of the house.
Matt Palmer and Colin McWilliams are with the FBI. They are assigned to find out what happened to the missing plane. It is found in Eastern Canada, but there is no one on the plane. Except the two dead bodies of men who weren’t supposed to be on the flight.
Maggie knows something is going on at the house across the ravine. She saw a mini-bus arrive and several people got off. Then she doesn’t see them anymore. When she hears about the missing plane and the missing flight crew, she knows where they are. Then she sees someone else arrive. Someone who shouldn’t be there. She begins to fear for the safety of the flight crew. She has to do something, so she calls the FBI. Will they get here in time, or will she have to stop what is about to happen?
November 6, 2011
Lot's of potential in this book. Interesting story line. The problems are many. Poor grammar structure would be the first draw back. I'm not into being a grammar policeman, it is a weakness of mine, but it does beg to ask, where is the editor? If poor grammar bothers you don't even pick this book up. I always question research in a book. This one seems to have lots of holes. Maybe it is my own ignorance, but I have a slew of questions.
1. How easy is it turn off a transponder on a major aircraft?
2. It seems the criminals got lucky with bad weather in the take over of the plane, it seemed to confuse the process of the search, if it had been good weather what would have happened?
3. What exactly did they use to knock out the crew? How did they do it with out effecting themselves.
The list of questions just go on and on and never get answered to my satisfaction.
I did like the basic plot, but I think it could have been thought out more, and a really good editor needed to be involved.
1. How easy is it turn off a transponder on a major aircraft?
2. It seems the criminals got lucky with bad weather in the take over of the plane, it seemed to confuse the process of the search, if it had been good weather what would have happened?
3. What exactly did they use to knock out the crew? How did they do it with out effecting themselves.
The list of questions just go on and on and never get answered to my satisfaction.
I did like the basic plot, but I think it could have been thought out more, and a really good editor needed to be involved.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 20, 2011
The basic storyline was interesting, the characterization was good, the story was active and involved to keep it interesting. It all fell apart on the technical execution though. The author needs to do more research; there are glaring errors in police, FBI and Homeland Security procedures that just following national news would point out. Inconsistent use of past/present tenses, spelling and grammatical errors. Sentences are clipped and jerky, making it read more like a series of reports. There was no flow to the writing, making it uncomfortable to read. I would advise the author to find an editor, take a good basic writing course, brush up on grammar and punctuation. If these errors hadn't been so obvious and annoying the story would have been very good and I would have rated it much higher.
July 14, 2015
Missing
Great thriller. This is a must read book for thriller lovers. I could not put this book down. Once I starting reading this book I did not put it down until I finished it . This is a five star thriller.
Great thriller. This is a must read book for thriller lovers. I could not put this book down. Once I starting reading this book I did not put it down until I finished it . This is a five star thriller.
June 12, 2012
Not great.
October 31, 2012
The story started out with such promise but then fell into a stock pattern where everything works out perfectly. It a quick read, probably a nice summer book on the beach but not my favorite.
July 4, 2013
I really liked the story here, but the poor sentence structure was a definite turn off. I'm not inclined to read anything else from this author....
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