It’s a lazy Saturday morning in Prince William County and Detective Amanda Steele is bored. Both her boyfriend and adopted daughter have plans and are out of the house, and her much desired ‘alone time’ has her searching for anything to occupy her time – even cleaning the garage. As soon as she starts that task, the phone rings – it’s her niece, Ava, sounding very shaken, asking Amanda to meet her at a local park.
When Amanda arrives, she meets Ava and her friend Nadine, where she learns that Nadine’s older sister Reese, a high school senior and elected prom queen, has been missing for a few days. While at the park, the girls found Reese’s cell phone in the river, which Ava then hands to Amanda. Nadine explains that Reese and her Mom had a huge fight the night Reese went missing, which has happened before. But Reese has always answered texts or calls from her little sister – but this time she hasn’t… Amanda’s gut tells her that something is very wrong.
As the search for Reese begins, Amanda pulls in partner Trent to assist as she interviews family and friends, slowly getting a sense of a popular, but self-absorbed young woman, but no clues as to her disappearance. Then a gruesome discovery at the prom venue on prom night changes things from a missing person case to murder – and Amanda will stop at nothing to catch a killer…
I originally discovered this series thanks to Netgalley, and I absolutely LOVE these books! This latest installment is another home run, packed full with action and suspense, along with character growth – and perhaps some conflict. Amanda & Trent’s relationship seems…off a bit in this book, and I am still trying to warm up to Logan’s re-emergence in Amanda’s life as she continues to move forward after the loss of her family. This can easily be read as a standalone, but the series in order will give the reader more insight into these characters and how they came to be… Fabulous book, fabulous series!! Now the wait begins for the next title in the series…
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