Taken by Lisa Stone

 

Taken by Lisa Stone

Tiny Overview

Leila is the 8 year old daughter to a woman called Kelsey - who is a drug addicted prostitute. Colin sees the predicament and decides to intervene, but is what he's doing right? Will he be able to avoid a nationwide manhunt that is unleashed to find little Leila?

Themes:

• Psychological Fiction
• Suspense
• Thriller
• Mystery
• Crime

Context

After 28 novels as Cathy Glass, in 2017 she adopted a new pseudonym, Stone, to write a whole new line of thriller books. In an interview with The Bookworms Fantasy, that she researches thoroughly to be able to avoid inaccuracies, and this leads her to struggle to sleep at night, as all her crime thrillers are based in fact.

My Waffling

PC Beth is back, what more can you ask for?

This was the first book I read on my kindle, after my reading break. It definitely was as good, if not better than her other book I previously read, The Cottage. I recommended this book to someone along with The Cottage, as they are both easy reads that you can't put down. There is just something about how this woman writes. 

As the book went on, I was piecing together the story and guessed it just before the end and was right. I love it when that happens. Leila's dialogue was a bit weird - you can tell that the author has not been 8 years old in a while. Still quite enjoyed it. Colin is a melt.

4/5