The Missing Hours by author Emma Kavanagh will keep you guessing as you read! Dr. Selena Cole, a young widow is at a playground with her two girls and mysteriously vanishes. A neighbor sees the little girls and takes them to her home and then calls Selena's sister-in-law, Orla. DC Leah MacKay with the police is called in and this starts an investigation into the possibilities of what has happened to Selena. Orla is distraught at the disappearance of Selena within a year of the death of her brother Ed.
Across town the mysterious murder of a prominent lawyer, Dominic Newell has DS Finn Hale searching for answers as to why Dominic's body was tossed along a deserted country road. As the cases progress Finn's sister DI Leah MacKay thinks the two cases are linked in some way.
I won't post spoilers, but the plot of the story is very interesting. Dr. Selena Cole and her husband were co-owners of a company with Orla and her husband Seth, The Cole Group. They worked as negotiators for a global Insurance company who covers the ransom for people of interest who have been kidnapped for money. Kidnapping for ransom has become a side business with drug cartels and military extremists in other countries. Since the governmental protocol is never to pay ransom to kidnappers, the only recourse for business with employees in high-risk countries is to have a private negotiator on call without police or government intervention.
There are several possibilities for Selena's disappearance and for Dominic's murder. Selena and Orla know Dominic but for different reasons. The mystery deepens the more you read.
The case studies for The Cole Group were very interesting to read and contained some well-hidden clues!
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