Chasing the Night

A CIA agent’s two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can’t. Catherine needs to find someone as driven and obsessed as she is to help her— and that person is Eve Duncan. She knows that Eve shares her nightmare, since closure is also something that eludes Eve after the disappearance of her daughter Bonnie. Now, Eve must take her talents as a forensic sculptor to another level, using age progression as a way to unite Catherine with her child. As Eve gets drawn deeper into Catherine’s horror, she must face looming demons of her own. Bonnie’s killer is still out there. And a new killer is taunting Eve and Catherine at every turn. Is Catherine’s son alive, or not? These two women endure the worst fear any mother can imagine in Iris Johansen’s latest thrill ride, a gut-wrenching journey into the darkest places of the soul.

This was a page turning thriller for me. Catherine is a strong, independent woman who needs Eve's help and she won't be taking no for an answer. The search and chase kept me glued to the pages.  I hope that the revelation at the end really goes somewhere in the next book.  While  it is part of series, it does stand alone well, but there are a few references that will leave you confused by not knowing the background of Eve's family.

Author: Iris Johansen
Published: October 2010
Pages: 368
Genre: Fiction/Suspense
Source: Library
3 Bears