I am becoming quite the fan of Vanessa Michael Munroe. The stories crafted by Taylor Stevens are unnerving, thought provoking and quite topical. Michael has been contacted by her best friend Logan who has received the news he has been waiting for. It has been 8 long years and the time to act is now. He has a daughter Hannah that was kidnapped by a cult known as The Chosen. Hannah's mother and her had left the group and had begun a 'normal' life outside the closed walls. Unfortunately they were betrayed and Hannah was taken back. Logan now has the information on her whereabouts. Michael knows this will be a tricky problem and contacts Miles (see Volume 1) for backup. Michael's personal demons as also loose and are causing problems, enough so that Logan and Miles are seriously concerned if the plan will go off without a hitch.
This is quite a ride, often twisting off the conventional path. The typical action thriller plot takes a back seat as we learn how Michael will go about infiltrating the compound. Plus once Hannah is found what happens next is a great twist and may set up more for later books. The background to the plot is close to what the author herself had experienced. She is a former member of the Children of God group. My one quibble is there was a lot left on the table. Characters and story arcs not quite closed. I am hoping these will be taken care of in the next book. It isn't a big thing just something as a reader I would like to see fixed. I heartily recommend these for an answer to bitterly cold Winter nights.
6 degrees of Reading: The Keeper of Lost Causes; The First Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Stranded: A Maggie O'Dell Novel by Alex Kava, Crashed: A Junior Bender Novel by Timothy Hallinan.
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