When an eleven-year-old is abducted on her way to school, the FBI doesn’t waste a moment, sending agents to scour the area and embedding Special Agent Ava McLane with the distraught family. In the eye of the storm is local detective Mason Callahan, whose life is crumbling to pieces―he’s related to the victim, and his longtime confidential informant has just been murdered.

Both he and Agent McLane hole up in the victim’s family home. Every second counts in a kidnapping case, and the stakes keep rising the longer the girl is missing. As Ava and Mason struggle to hold the family together in their darkest hour, the two investigators find themselves drawn to each other.

Published
June 17, 2014
Where to find this book
External links open a book search at the selected retailer. Availability may vary.

Additional book details

Author

Kendra Elliot

In the rain-soaked shadows of the Pacific Northwest, Kendra Elliot crafts the kind of suspense that lingers. Her thrillers don’t just keep readers turning pages—they wrap them in a fog of tension where every detail feels crucial and every silence might be hiding something. With over ten million books sold and a steady presence on bestseller lists, she’s carved out a distinctive place in modern crime fiction, balancing tightly woven mysteries with emotionally resonant characters. Elliot didn’t plan on becoming a writer. Raised in Oregon, she spent years working as a dental hygienist, where long hours and quiet routines gave her time to…