From back blurb: While parked at a gas station, Rhonda sees something so incongruously surreal that at first she hardly recognizes it as a crime in progress. She watches, unmoving, as someone dressed in a rabbit costume kidnaps a young girl. Devastated over having done nothing, Rhonda joins the investigation. But the closer she comes to identifying the abductor, the nearer she gets to the troubling truth about another missing child: her best friend, Lizzy, who vanished years before.
This was a terrific read. It had two mysteries that kept the suspense high throughout the story. The drops of pieces to the puzzle were well done and left me not having a clue to who the abductor was. The story is laced with twists and mystery leaving the reader wondering with anticipation where the writer was taking them.
Though I found the ending fulfilling, I was a bit disappointed with the climax of the one mystery. "I have a story to tell you." Finally, reading the entire book and having all the pieces of the puzzle I waited to fill the missing gaps with a juicy story. A real doozy of a twist. Instead, the story was basically what I had already concluded. I had done the unthinkable in mystery novels; I solved the mystery.
*SPOILER* - In addition, one of the pieces of the puzzle did not make sense. The children were not suspects in the death of Daniel since police had no evidence to link them. However, Lizzy's postcards would have been enough to show she had knowledge or some type of involvement in Daniel's death since she claimed she was with him even though he would have been dead by that point. But, overall, I was pleased with the ending and the mystery and would definitely recommend this book and am looking forward to reading more of Jennifer McMahon's work in the future.
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