My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book 1: The Vanishing Season (2017)
Book 3: All the Best Lies (2020)
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
The first book describes how someone witnessed a kidnapping that occurred 14 years ago but remained silent. Abigail Hathaway’s life story was no longer private following her survival from abuse and captivity. Francis Michael Coben took pleasure in abducting and torturing young girls in Chicago until he was successfully put behind bars. Abigail Hathaway was the girl who was found and survived. There were books and movies made about her life and experience.
To escape the attention of her past, Abigail “Ellery” Hathaway becomes a patrol officer in the quiet town of Woodbury in MA. Her brother Daniel who was sick with leukemia died 6 months after she returned home. Her father had abandoned the family and left her feeling abandoned when she needed support the most.
She was rescued by now FBI agent, Reed Markham, who was only a newbie when he determined where the abducted girl might be. He received a lot praise and notoriety after the Abigail’s safe return.
Agent Reed is struggling with his own personal issues on a “stress leave” from the department when he contacted by Ellery Hathaway. He agrees to look at the unsolved missing persons cases she believes are connected. This presents a distraction from his pending divorce from Sarit Ranupam, who is a reporter and encouraged him to write a book about the Abby Hathaway abduction.
This second novel continues the saga of Ellery Hathaway. She is a patrol officer presently on leave after the traumatic events in book 1 where it ended with her killing the criminal responsible for series of missing persons. Reed Markham, the agent who found her years ago when she was kidnapped, went back to Quantico as FBI profiler after spending the summer assisting Ellery. She moves to Boston as she couldn’t live in Woodbury after murder.
Reed once again comes to the assistance of Ellery much to her discomfort as she once again goes rogue to solve the unsolved. Reed makes himself at home on her couch with daily wake ups from Speed Bump, her dog.
As a condition of her return to work Ellery must complete therapy and attend a group therapy at MGH for victims of violent crimes. She meets several people with whom she can’t help but feel compelled to meddle into their unsettling situations. To avoid dealing with the trauma which mandated her to therapy, she befriends Wendy, a victim of sexual assault who lives in fear as her offender was never apprehended.
If that wasn’t enough to keep Ellery occupied, she begins investigating a cold case from 1980 where a fire burned down Gallagher’s furniture store. Her attempts to investigate by herself nearly gets her killed before Agent Reed once again comes to her aide. They pair up once again to resolve mysteries which seem to burden Ellery and need for justice.
Book 3: All the Best Lies (2020)
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
The first book describes how someone witnessed a kidnapping that occurred 14 years ago but remained silent. Abigail Hathaway’s life story was no longer private following her survival from abuse and captivity. Francis Michael Coben took pleasure in abducting and torturing young girls in Chicago until he was successfully put behind bars. Abigail Hathaway was the girl who was found and survived. There were books and movies made about her life and experience.
To escape the attention of her past, Abigail “Ellery” Hathaway becomes a patrol officer in the quiet town of Woodbury in MA. Her brother Daniel who was sick with leukemia died 6 months after she returned home. Her father had abandoned the family and left her feeling abandoned when she needed support the most.
She was rescued by now FBI agent, Reed Markham, who was only a newbie when he determined where the abducted girl might be. He received a lot praise and notoriety after the Abigail’s safe return.
Agent Reed is struggling with his own personal issues on a “stress leave” from the department when he contacted by Ellery Hathaway. He agrees to look at the unsolved missing persons cases she believes are connected. This presents a distraction from his pending divorce from Sarit Ranupam, who is a reporter and encouraged him to write a book about the Abby Hathaway abduction.
This second novel continues the saga of Ellery Hathaway. She is a patrol officer presently on leave after the traumatic events in book 1 where it ended with her killing the criminal responsible for series of missing persons. Reed Markham, the agent who found her years ago when she was kidnapped, went back to Quantico as FBI profiler after spending the summer assisting Ellery. She moves to Boston as she couldn’t live in Woodbury after murder.
Reed once again comes to the assistance of Ellery much to her discomfort as she once again goes rogue to solve the unsolved. Reed makes himself at home on her couch with daily wake ups from Speed Bump, her dog.
As a condition of her return to work Ellery must complete therapy and attend a group therapy at MGH for victims of violent crimes. She meets several people with whom she can’t help but feel compelled to meddle into their unsettling situations. To avoid dealing with the trauma which mandated her to therapy, she befriends Wendy, a victim of sexual assault who lives in fear as her offender was never apprehended.
If that wasn’t enough to keep Ellery occupied, she begins investigating a cold case from 1980 where a fire burned down Gallagher’s furniture store. Her attempts to investigate by herself nearly gets her killed before Agent Reed once again comes to her aide. They pair up once again to resolve mysteries which seem to burden Ellery and need for justice.
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