Web of Fear: A Police Procedural Novel

Glenmore Park Mystery #3

by Mike Omer, Eric Jason Martin (Reading)

A Girl Missing for the Whole World to See Detective Hannah Shor gets a case in the worst way possible--a friend calls her for help. Her twelve-year-old daughter has been kidnapped, and Hannah joins forces with the FBI to bring her home safely. A Ransom Note Gone Viral When the kidnappers post an image of their captive on Instagram, the situation spins out of control. Now, the whole world is watching. Rumors spread like wildfire, and online vigilantes add fuel to the raging flames. As Hannah digs deeper, she unravels dark secrets from the family's past. With the realization that the kidnapping is about more than just a ransom, Hannah needs to close in on the truth, before Abigail's time runs out.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Audiobook, Crime, Fiction, Suspense, Mystery Thriller

1 pages, Audio CD

First published October 5, 2016

About the author

Mike Omer is the author of the Zoe Bentley Mystery Series, the Abby Mullen Thrillers, and more. In the past, he's been a journalist, a game developer, and the CEO of the company Loadingames. He lives in Ireland, and is married to a woman who diligently forces him to live his dream. He is the father of an angel, a pixie, and a leprechaun.

Mike loves to write about true-to-life people who are perpetrators or victims of crimes. He also likes writing funny stuff. He mixes these two loves quite passionately into his mystery books.

You can contact Mike by sending him an e-mail to mikeomerauthor@gmail.com

Reviews

[Alex ♈ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting suspense.
A kidnapping of a 12 yo girl, fortunately with a happy ending!

Despite I knew who the villain was the 1st time this person was 'introduced', it was still an enjoyable read.

Well-written series.
KU.
Will definitely read new books by this author.

[Kasia (kasikowykurz) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mam trochę mieszane uczucia - to już koniec? Będzie kolejny tom? Do tej pory byłam przekonana, że to trylogia, ale nie mam wrażenia, że jest to jednoznaczny koniec.

W ogóle mam problem z całą serią - bo o ile trylogię o Zoe pokochałam całym sercem, tak tutaj coś mi ciągle zgrzytało. Niby jest akcja, niby są bohaterowie, którymi nie gardzę i fabularnie jest bardziej niż okay. A jednak zabrakło mi tu jakiegoś przywiązania. W trakcie świetnie się bawię, przez większość czasu nie mogę się oderwać, ale całościową brak miłości i jakiejś takiej frajdy z poznawania tej historii. Nie wiem. Na pewno po kolejne części (i inne książki) sięgnę, bo bardzo lubię pióro Omera, ale mam wrażenie, że zaraz zapomnę, o czym to było ><.

[za_pomniane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pierwszy tom najlepszy 🙈

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Hannah's mouth tasted bitter, and she felt as if her entire body was covered in a layer of slime. Some days, no matter how much she showered, she couldn't feel clean. She sat in Clint's Chevy as he drove her back to her car. The lighthearted atmosphere that had surrounded them as they left Red's Pizza was gone. It was evening, and they had visited and interrogated two rapists, a child molester, and a pedophile who was once caught with over seven hundred underage porn clips on his laptop. Hannah hadn't managed to stay calm and distant for long. These twisted examples of humanity at its worst got under her skin, into her bloodstream, piercing her heart."....


It's St. Patrick's Day and Detective Hannah Shor is out on a date when she gets a frantic phone call from a friend. The friends daughter,Abigail, is missing, and it appears her best friend, Gracie, is also missing. Two young girls just hanging out in the local park, with the promise of meeting a new boy, and now they're gone.

Can Hannah and her partner, Bernard Gladwin, find these girls alive or dead? Was it random? A pedophile? Or is it someone with a grudge against one of the families? With the help of the others in the department the search is on. Street patrol officer, Tanessa Lonnie, is also back, along with her brother, Mitchell, and several others from the previous two books. The FBI becomes involved when its declared a kidnapping. That involvement won't necessarily go smoothly for everyone, some relationship issues will come to light as well. I like the way the characters are humanized. They become more than just words on a page. They become real people, ones that you can relate to their feelings and emotions.

The story isn't all dark. The author has a sense of humor that is allowed to sneak in here and there. Be sure to read the section of Martha driving down the road, thinking about her next book club. It's not often you will laugh out loud during a thriller, but this is one of those gifted authors who knows just how to reel you in. Clever story lines.

Missing girls in Glenmore Park made for a gripping tale. Just as it was steady paced reading, it took off to some exciting changes. Things I didn't see coming and some great scenes. Great ending. Not everyone will survive this ordeal, but you'll need to read it to find out! This police procedural series is one of the better ones I've had the pleasure of reading. I enjoy these characters and story lines.

Thank you Mike Omer

[Natalia Waluś · Rating 5 out of 5]

Panie Omer, pan to mnie chyba nigdy nie zawiedzie 🥰💚

Moje ulubione momenty:
1) pościg za starym dziadem biegającym na golasa po mieście 😳😂
2) Jurgen prowadzący samochód (uwielbiam tego człowieka)
3) striptizerka-policjantka 😏
4) Mitchell znajdujący stanik w aucie agenta Warda podczas prowadzenia pościgu

Więcej mówić nie muszę.

[Pennie Larina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Еще один хороший триллер про похищение с неидиотской мотивацией и интересными героями. Подписалась на обновления автора, а то я что-то как-то все его книги уже прочитала.

[Claire Chibi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I accidentally read this book thinking it was the 2nd in the series (I avoided reading the synopsis because the 1st book’s synopsis spoiled too much), oops! Luckily this series is quite episodic so it’s not really a problem.

I’m a bit of a broken record about my praise for Mike Omer’s books at this point so I’ll keep this part short: I’m a massive fan of the sense of humour, the characters are memorable, and the culprits’ motives are non-generic. His books stand out amongst the hundreds of mystery thrillers that I’ve read, and they’re always entertaining and engaging. This time around, the main crime is a kidnapping rather than a murder. I have to admit that I much prefer Omer when he writes about creepy serial killers over this more domestically focused plot.

I have no idea how old Omer is, but his familiarity with technology makes me assume he is fairly young. I’ve read many a thriller where the portrayal of technology (particularly the internet and social media) just feels a bit off (or a lot off). This series, however, is consistently reasonable with its approach to technology, which I’m very thankful for since there’s so much focus on that aspect. I particularly got a kick out of the whole internet ‘detectives’ and vigilantes thing, situations that are ridiculous, but still (unfortunately) have a solid basis in reality.

So, please keep in mind that I did genuinely enjoy like 80+% of this book, because fair warning, the rest of this review is going to focus on the negative. There are some things that I cannot leave unsaid.

It truly pains me to have to say this because I have really, really enjoyed all of Omer’s books so far, and this one also mostly great and retained much of the same charm, but a few significant aspects of it ended up leaving a very bad taste in my mouth.

Admittedly, my uncommon personal views affected my distaste to a degree, but nobody is completely unbiased, and even when doing my best to look at it from an objective perspective, I cannot ignore it. I found Hannah Shor to be rather obnoxious, I have some complaints regarding the culprit (both subjective and objective), and I was absolutely disgusted by the book’s attitude towards the victim’s mother and biological father.

~~ Long, extremely negative personal opinion rant & minor early-story spoilers ahead ~~

Regarding Hannah, I get that Omer was going for the whole ‘strong but flawed independent woman trying to prove her worth, who also doesn’t neglect her love life’. Unfortunately, I ended up finding her attitude rather annoying, and the way she would talk to her superiors was just ridiculous. I have been a fan of every other character in Omer’s rotating cast of co-protags though, and I guess they can’t all be winners.

Overall, I think that the culprit was alright, and I appreciated that this book took a more uncommon approach to the kidnapping of a young girl from what is usually expected. That being said, I found the culprit extremely easy to identify, and they also do something that I consider one of the greatest sins of writing, doing something unreasonably stupid which makes no sense, leading to their downfall. I wanted to smash my head against a desk when Megan threw her knife into the trunk with Abby. Excuse me, what??? I’m sorry but to me that’s just lazy and bad writing, I don’t care how emotionally distressed she was, that is an unreasonably stupid thing for her to do. Also it was blatantly obvious to me as soon as the biological father was introduced that the motive was on his side, not the actual parents, and the second that a woman kidnapper was revealed, I knew that it was the secretary. It was far too obvious.

This is the first Mike Omer book where I was able to figure out the culprit with 100% confidence quite early in the story, which was a bit disappointing. For personal reasons, the motive of the culprit did not sit well with me, but I don’t particularly have a problem with it from a more objective view, so my feelings about them are mixed. On one hand, the whole situation basically boils down to a woman so baby crazy that she ends up killing 2 people plus herself, and nearly killing a young child. On the other hand it can be interpreted that she wasn’t so much obsessed about the baby as about the unfairness she perceived and her hatred for Koche. I’m not really sure which interpretation is more correct, but I personally find the first one very distasteful, even if it (unfortunately) may not be entirely unbelievable.

Now, I am not someone who demands that characters must share my views and opinions in order for me to find them interesting, I think that is an extremely narrow-minded way of approaching fiction. I would not have complained at all if it were just the character of Hannah who held these irrational opinions, (it’s certainly consistent with her characterisation, and it’s not unreasonable for her to push aside logic to sympathise with a concerned mother over a gross douchey rich dude. If I were in her situation I might do the same) but it’s quite clear that it’s not simply a character writing choice, it’s what we as the readers are supposed to agree with too.

Not only did this mother decide to birth a child without even bothering to inform the father when she knew who he was and had the means to contact him (which is already pretty messed up since men deserve bodily autonomy too, even if they are a gross lecherous douchebag), but she has the gall to demand money from him twelve years later after, again, not ever bothering to even tell him he had a kid. Ok, so NOW she’s willing to treat him like her father? How very convenient.

If it were just this, I actually would not have had a problem with it. Women willing to upend their entire life because baybeeeeeeeeeees and who become disgustingly entitled after having said baybeeeeeeeeeees are unfortunately a dime-a-dozen in both the real world and fiction, so it’s absolutely not bad characterisation nor bad writing to have such a character.

My problem is that both Hannah and the book itself have (excuse my french) the fucking audacity to treat this man, who is just minding his own damn business and living his life (even if his attitude is gross, his lifestyle is a lecherous cliche, and he is just a very unpleasant person in general), as an asshole for the reason of not wanting to spend millions of dollars on a girl he’s never even met (or even heard of until a few weeks ago), and a woman who is not only basically a stranger to him, but who violated his bodily autonomy by having a child that he neither knew about, nor wanted.

News flash, if he wants to live his life childfree and carefree, that doesn’t make him a bad person. There are plenty of other things that make him a bad person, but this is not one of them. There’s a big difference between abandoning a child (inexcusable), and not wanting to be held responsible for a child he never even agreed to have (pretty fucking reasonable, actually), and one who the mother even purposefully hid from him for all this time.

Suddenly forcing parental responsibility onto someone (especially after twelve goddamn years of not telling them about the kid) is beyond disgusting, and I put it in the same category as the vile attitude that people are obliged to love their biological family, even if that family has inflicted permanent debilitating emotional and/or mental injury on them.

It’s also nauseating how the book treats this selfish and entitled mother as a poor innocent soul who can do no wrong just because her daughter was kidnapped. That’s not how it works, you don’t get a clean slate because a terrible thing happened to you. I wanted to sympathise with her, and I did to an extent of course, having your beloved child kidnapped must be the most horrific ordeal, but I still absolutely despised her as a human being despite the book’s attempt to paint her as a saint. This really impacted my reading experience for obvious reasons.

~~ End rant ~~

So uh… Yeah. Time to go back and read the 2nd book, I hope I like it more than this one!

[Lata · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was quite interesting, with all the regular characters in the first 2 books appearing. However Hannah hogs the limelight in this one and there is very less of Jacob. There was FBI too working closely with the Glenmore Park PD. It was refreshing that the detectives don't behave like lone crusaders and morons. Most of the detective novels I read have grumpy detectives (Harry Bosch, Washington Poe). I even liked the corrupt ex-cop. (well, the cop who became ex because he was corrupt)
I see that the author the last book in the series was published in 2016 and then he moved on write Zoe Bentley and Abby Mullen series (which are still going on). Though those series are good, I want more in the Glenmore series and I am curious to know what's going on between Annie and Matt. I hope Mike Omer continues this series.

[Rita Andrade]

Gostei desta série.
Bons personagens, enredos credíveis.
Um autor a acompanhar.

Fevereiro 2024

[Logana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trzecie śledztwo policji Glen­more Park bardzo przypadło mi do czytelniczego gustu. Znajduje się tu wszystko, co chciałabym znaleźć w dobrym thrillerze i kryminale.

Śledcza Hannah Shor zostaje poproszona przez koleżankę, Naamid, o pomoc w odnalezieniu córki. Dwunastoletnia Abigail oraz jej przyjaciółka Gracie nie wróciły do domu. Policjanci z Glen­more Park traktują sprawę poważnie, wciągając w śledztwo FBI. Niedługo Gracie się odnajduje, lecz Abby nadal pozostaje w rękach porywaczy.

Historia jest bardzo dynamiczna, czym wciągnęła mnie na tyle, że nie potrafiłam jej odłożyć.
Konstrukcja daje możliwość wydedukowania, kto jest sprawcą i tak też się stało w moim przypadku. Według mnie zbyt szybko podany był szczegół, który ujawnił osoby stojące za porwaniem. Mimo to ciekawiło mnie jak dalej będzie wyglądać praca śledczych. Dużym atutem okazała się kreacja bohaterów. Moja sympatia do Hannah rosła z każdą kolejną przeczytaną stroną. Jej upór w odnalezieniu dziewczynki nie był jedynie efektem znajomości z jej matką. Empatyczna, skrupulatna śledcza nie potrafiła zachować się inaczej, jak doprowadzić do rozwikłania mrocznej intrygi, zachowując przy tym "zimną krew" i profesjonalizm.
Przeciwne uczucia wzbudzała śledcza Man­cuso. Wredna, złośliwa, perfidna, wyrachowana kobieta rzucała oskarżeniami na lewo i prawo obierając za cel niewłaściwą osobę. Zadufana w sobie zachowywała się, jakby sama nigdy się nie myliła.
W powieści występuje spora ilość postaci. Tych, którzy nie byli bezpośrednio z tą sprawą, czytelnik mógł poznać w dwóch poprzednich tomach, jednak książka może uchodzić za jednotomową powieść. Nie ma w niej powiązań z poprzednikami. Nawet wątek obyczajowy postaci nie jest kontynuacją. Wydarzenia dzieją się w teraźniejszości, a przeszłość nie ma na nią wpływu.

Powieści spod ręki Mike'a Omer'a odpowiadają mi formą oraz stylistyką. Historie, również i ta, nie są obarczone zbędnymi opisami, przemyśleniami, czy odczuciami bohaterów. Czytelnik sam wyrabia sobie zdanie, a nie zostaje mu ono narzucone przez pisarza.

Porwania dzieci należą do tematyki, której unikam. Tą książką autor wyciągnął mnie ze swojej czytelniczej strefy komfortu i pokazał, że czasem warto.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another enjoyable read in the Glenmore Park series. In this installment, Hannah is on a bad blind date when she receives a call from a family friend. Hannah learns the woman's 12 year old daughter is missing. Glenmore Park and the FBI are on the case, as they race against time to save a little girl.

The 12-year old in this book meets a "boy" online and leaves her house to meet him one night. This "boy" is actually a kidnapper with sinister motives. As a parent of a 10 year old, this scares me because I know this happens in real life. I thought it was very creative how the kidnapper posted messages via the girls own Instagram feed requesting ransom money. One of the kidnappers was rather obvious (only because no other characters were provided as possible suspects) and Omer could have left out the romance with the detectives, but this was an enjoyable mystery.

Grade: 3/5

[Joan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This plot was riveting. There were occasional actions by the characters (police officers) that I thought were unlikely and unrealistic; there were a couple of very under-developed subplots that should have just been left out if they weren't going to be explored. This was probably a half-hearted attempt to include some "romance", but that didn't work. Lastly, the author needs to hire a good editor. I find blatant verb-tense and usage errors very distracting and irritating. This author needs an editor who knows how to use the verbs "lie" and "lay" correctly -- among other things. With those faults noted, the book still rates 4 stars for the level of interest the plot generated in me.

[Анастасія ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Я може стала прискіпуватися до детективів, але мені не подобається коли правоохоронці переступають свої повноваження, особливо коли на допитах у вони ледве не кидаються загризти підозрюваного, а багато тут було випадків, коли у них нічого не було на людину, але її вже в чомусь звинувачують, хоч докази якісь треба мати на руках. Майже всю книжку вони підозрювали біологічного батька дівчинки, але оп невдача, слідчі навіть не дізнались нічого про його секретарку, яка якраз таки була і винна, але більшу частину книжки вони підозрювали саме біологічного батька і далі не шукали. Ще на НАЙТУПІШИЙ момент в цій книжці, як 17 хлопець, вирішив що він «гєрой» і відстежив де ж знаходяться викрадачі, і ні ж подзвонити в поліцію, ніііііііііііі, він вирішив, що він безсмертний та поперся в їхній будинок, і упс помилочка вийшла, він та розраховував на 1 злочинця, а їх було двоє, ну його і вбили. А ще, є незрозумілий для мене момент з Ханною, їй наче один подобається, але спить вона з іншим, потім щось знову першим назріває, не подобається така хрінь в книжках.

[Donald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zoe Bentley is back in this one! Albeit briefly...

In this third book of the series, Detective Hannah Shor gets a case in the worst way possible – a friend calls her for help because her daughter has been kidnapped! And the ransom note goes viral! The police, FBI, and online crime sleuths try to put the pieces together before Abby is killed! It's a good, quick read, with a pretty exciting ending!

Now that I've read all three books, I have to ask - what is up with all of the spider references? All three books have 'spider' titles, and all of the chapters in ALL of the books have a spider printed above the chapter numbers! But as far as I noticed, none of the books have spiders, or webs! The way the first book started, I thought the series would have something to do with one or the other, maybe a serial killer's name or calling card? But no, no spiders. What gives?

[Jane Withers · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of those solid easy reads ... well actually I had the audio book and I really liked the narrators voice .
It was pretty predictable but I liked it nevertheless . Nothing earth shattering but worth a holiday read for sure .

[J.E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was pretty intense! I enjoyed it, especially the ending.

[joanns ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.7

chwilo najgorsza książka Omera jaką czytałam ale nadal ma świetny klimat

[ElaF · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook

[Bianka]

JEZU MUSZE WIEDZIEC JAKA BYLA TRZECIA OSOBA KTORA ZGINELA BO NIE OGARNIAM😭😭😭😭😭

[krapivka · Rating 3 out of 5]

уж очень скучно было читать… без Зои Бентли тексты какие-то никакие. прости, Омер. вся интересная завязка в конце была омрачена скучнейшей серединой книги. 3/5.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.8/5
Great 3rd book in the series. I’m sorry to see that there are no more! Good characters, plot and mystery

[ziuzia · Rating 4 out of 5]

fajna książka, nic więcej do powiedzenia

[Karen Bailey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good psychological thriller

I liked the storyline but don’t like the storyline of having the detectives all be attracted to each other. It seemed forced and unnecessary to the rest of the story

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thrilling read with a touch of humour

This was a great read – plenty of thrills and excitement and a huge dose of humour thrown in. Right from the start we are thrown into the story with the disappearance of a young girl who was out with her friend, waiting to meet up with a mystery acquaintance. This turns out to be a kidnapping with a demand for a huge ransom and no-one can figure out why. As we go further into the story the truth seems to be revealed but nothing is as it seems and there are loads of twists, turns and red herrings along the way.

Chapters alternate between the various teams of detectives, the kidnappers, the parents, and the young girl herself. This builds up a gradual picture which really launches the reader into the story and keeps them totally engrossed. I found it hard to put this book down and found myself turning the pages long after I needed to get up and do something else. The sense of humour that Mr Omer brings into his novels is fantastic and helps ease some of the tension that the rest of the narrative creates. His characters are fun and easy to like and I developed a great deal of empathy with them all. The race to the end of fast paced and gripping, and the whole novel is beautifully written and enjoyable to read. So far, I have enjoyed all of this author’s books and I see that he has a new series coming out shortly – this is now on my list to pre-order.

[Kaui · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ooooohhh I love me some detective crime mystery murder intrigue! I discovered this guy many years ago and thought to see what he has written since his first (fabulous) Zoe Bentley novel and wow! I found 5 novels and one novella. I have been tearing through these the past 2 weeks with joyful abandon. This Glenmore Park series deals a lot with the local police force's personalities (the series is considered to be in the police procedural mystery genre) but Zoe of course makes an appearance to help them profile the killer. This third book is about Hanna again, just like in the second book. Here, she is called by a family friend whose daughter has gone missing. Omer likes to write both from the police perspective and the victim's/perpetrator's perspective. Here we learn that the kidnapped girl is NOT getting molested but instead is being held for ransom. Detective Shore works diligently to figure out what the angle is. While the ending was a bit signaled earlier on in the book, the feminine perspective of things was much appreciated by this reader. Recommend!

[Amy Balaich · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one would be between 4 and 5 stars for me. It was another good page turner but some of it (like the ending) felt a bit farfetched. Overall, I can tell Mike Omer has become a better writer with each novel he has released. This Glenmore Park series was his first and it is my least favorite of his three series that I’ve read. Still good and a fun read though.

[Tj · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hannah is working on a major kidnapping case and has sex with the FBI agent assigned to the case. A part of her knows she has jeopardized the case and her career. Hannah is not happy with her actions but goes on to notice a fellow detective. She is turned on by his smell and standing close to him.

I hate what Omer has done to his female detective. She is depicted as someone who is ruled by hormones. None of the other detectives or agents are written in this manner.

Why bring sex into the book? Hannah is smart, good at her job, willing to go the extra mile, and brave. Why not focus on those things? She figures out the identity of the kidnapper, and her actions bring the case to its conclusion. These things should have been the factors driving her character.

[sweetpeagjyahoo.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intense book

This book really makes me want to wrap my children up in a bubble. I know that's not realistic though. The fact that this happened because of the adults decisions around her are mind blowing. Every action, reaction, life choices all end up coming to light. Honestly, I don't understand why anyone would keep secrets. This was revenge and hatred. I've been scarred for life by the things that others around me, as a child and as an adult, kept hidden or just the act of not caring. I understand that Mike Omer writes about the " real life " issues and he's amazing at exposing the nerve that hurts. I definitely recommend this book and this series. It's also social media based. I absolutely agree with the people that said 12 year olds shouldn't have an Instagram account and I don't that they should have a big footprint in the social media world.
My biggest concern is that, we as parents, aren't watching them on the internet and completely monitoring what they are exposed to or what they are exposing about themselves. Yes you can find everything out instantly now yet I prefer the old fashion way. You watch the news, read a newspaper, talking on the phone, and meet your neighbor. With social media more and more people couldn't tell you the name of their neighbors yet instantly say Kardashian and we all know them. Why? I didn't let my kids sit around and watch t.v., play video games but took them outside and enjoyed what was around us. They had a chance to do, explore and live their childhood not just sit around.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars, rounded down
With each book in the Glenmore Park series, Omer seems to ratchet up the humor. And he does it in a way that doesn’t negate the seriousness of the crime being investigated. But several scenes had me laughing out loud.
This time, Hannah is pulled from a bad date when a preteen girl goes missing. The FBI is brought in to help with the case. There’s a ransom demand for more money than the family could possibly raise.
The case involves the use of social media in multiple ways, all of which felt too real and believable.
I had my strong suspicions about who was behind the kidnapping, so I found all sorts of reasons to keep listening to this book. I was right, even down to the reasons. But that didn’t mar my enjoyment. What did was the climax, which went so far OTT that my respect for Omer’s talents dropped a notch. This was a solid 4 stars up until then.
Once again, Eric Martin did a great job as the narrator.

[Holly Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Last in the Glenmore Park series by Mike Omer and some how not quite as good as the first two. Two girls alone on a playground, one is kidnapped one escapes...Glenmore police detective Hannah Shor becomes the family liaison officer because the kidnapped girl's mother is Hannah's mother's best friend. Abigail is only 12 years old and Hannah wants nothing more than to bring her home to her family safe and sound but a 3 million dollar ransom is impossible for the family to pay the F.B.I. get involves a private detective as well and Hannah learns some things about her mother's friend she really didn't want to know good book could have been better in my opinion worth the listening time though :)