Detective Abby Pearce is a fascinating character. Dana Perry does an excellent job introducing us to her and then revealing more and more intriguing pieces of information about her past as the story continues. But Detective Pearce is intelligent, dedicated, and struggling with some personal demons – namely alcoholism. I really liked Detective Pearce, and I thought she made an excellent detective.

Everyone is a little shocked when their little corner of Martha’s Vineyard becomes ground zero for a high-profile kidnapping case. (Things like that just don’t happen there.) But as Detective Pearce starts digging into the case, things just aren’t adding up. The missing girl’s mom might be hiding something, and there are crazy ties to previous deaths that were signed off as natural causes. None of it is making a whole lot of sense, which was wonderful.

The detective work was terrific. And there are some really great friends/rivals on the force for Abby to interact with, and I hope we see them again. The bad guys are positively evil, and you can’t help but desperately hope for Abby and her team to track them down. This was an amazing story.

**I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book**