The Innocent/Taylor Stevens/331 pgs.

I love this author! This is Stevens' 2nd Vanessa Michael Munroe novel, and it is as good as the 1st, The Informationist. If you haven't read The Informationist, you don't get the full impact of "Michael's" character. She is a more refined version of Lisbeth Sanders (Girl With the Dragon Tattoo). In The Innocent,  Michael is asked to "kidnap" Hannah, a 13 year old girl, who has been abducted (5 years ago and given to a cult, The Chosen. Her mother, Charity, had been a member of The Chosen years before, but had escaped. Hannah's true father, Logan, is friends with Michael, and knows that if anyone can get Hannah back, it's Michael. This is a fast, suspenseful read, and one that I can't recommend highly enough!