Missing

A Christine Lane Mystery #2

by Dianne Scott

A missing student. A dead-end investigation. Can a police officer uncover the truth before the child is lost forever?

Policewoman Christine Lane feels guilty about the absent boy–why hadn’t she sensed a problem when she visited his class? After breaking up a fight between three students, Christine had sent the children on their way. The next day, one boy vanishes.

Searching Toronto Island for the ten-year-old, Christine is shocked when investigators eventually conclude the child ran away. How did he get off the island? Why hasn’t he surfaced anywhere? And why did he leave the field trip in the first place?

When Christine probes further, she receives pushback from her boss, the school board and the classmates’ families. Then the threats begin. Can Christine figure out what happened the night the boy disappeared, before she is shut down for good?

MISSING is the second standalone book in the award-winning Christine Lane Mystery series.

If you like female protagonists with grit, atmospheric settings and page-turning suspense, then you’ll love Dianne Scott’s MISSING.

Crime Writers of Canada Excellence in Crime Writing Award Finalist.

Genres: Mystery, Amazon

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2022

About the author

Dianne Scott lives a short ferry ride from Toronto Island, which is the setting of her mystery novels. She is the award-winning author of the Christine Lane Mystery series.

The first book, FINAL LOOK, was a #1 Amazon bestseller, Kobo Emerging Writers Award nominee and winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award. The second book, MISSING, was a Finalist for the CWC Excellence in Writing Award. LOST AND FOUND and SABOTAGE are the third and fourth books in the series.

When Dianne is not writing, she is walking Toronto’s neighborhoods, coffee klatching with friends and cuddling her Bichon Poodle. She also teaches literacy skills and is working on her Erne in pickleball.

Dianne loves connecting with readers and book clubs, so feel free to contact her at https://diannescottauthor.com.

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Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now that I know the characters in this series, it makes the book that much more enjoyable.
They begin to feel like friends or family.
I also love that the main settings are the Toronto Islands and Toronto itself in the late 1960's.
Christine and her relationship with her police partner is growing and the back and forth between them is so much more personal. You can feel the closeness deepening.
As usual, Christine can't let a tragedy go, without a just and viable conclusion.
Despite the coroner saying 10 year old Jacob died by drowning, she knew and felt there was more to it. She risked losing her job and eventually her life by investigating regardless of the police saying the case was closed.
I look forward to the next book in this series.

[Phil Howard · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy the characters in both of these books so far. The plot of this one doesn't tie together very well at the end. No reason given for the taking of Christine's brother -- no explanation after the fight scene regarding any charges brought against the father and son villains. Just not much closure all around. I'm undecided about reading any more of the series.

[Heuge · Rating 2 out of 5]

I want to like this series as it's set in Toronto on Centre Island with a woman police office facing the usual misogynistic characters, but the story line while she's not solving the crime is so repetitive, and the ending is much like the 1st book ..... what the heck happened ?? Unlikely, unclear, unexplained.

I'll read the next one, and then ... who knows??

[Carla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this novel just hours after completing Final Look, the first novel in this series. Much of what I said in that review also applies here. The plot is different, of course, but the setting of Toronto Island is really a character in itself (as least for me), shaping and assisting with plot development.

[Virginia L · Rating 4 out of 5]

What happened to Jordon?

I enjoyed this story. The comrodery between officer Lane and her partner is very entertaining. While working their assignment on the island a 10 year old boy goes missing. Trouble is coming. Very good story.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good mystery. I enjoyed this one much more, probably because I knew all the characters from the previous book!

[Connie Glasgow · Rating 5 out of 5]

next please

[patricia sendelbach · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suspenseful and captivating! Dianne Scott is a skilled writer.