Author: Sherry Harris
Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496722539
Kensington Publishing
288 Pages
$6.96; $6.61 Amazon
December 29, 2020
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Sarah's latest client, Alice Krandle, is sure she has a fortune in antiques on her hands. She's already gotten a generous offer for the whole lot before her garage sale has even begun, but she thinks she can earn more with Sarah's expert help. The problem is that while Sarah's sorting through items from decades past, her landlady, Stella, faces a clear and present danger.
Stella's kidnapper has contacted Sarah with a set of instructions, and "Don't call the police" is at the top of the list. But they didn't say anything about Sarah's friend Harriet -- who happens to be a former F.B.I. hostage negotiator...
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Sarah Winston is an ex-Air Force wife whom, after her divorce, decided to stay in Ellington, Massachusetts and run a garage sale business for others, which she's very good at. But after a successful sale for Alice Krandle, a cantankerous elderly woman who's happy with Sarah's results, she receives a phone call from someone who tells her that he's kidnapped her landlady Stella, and she won't be returned unless Sarah does exactly what he says. Part of that is to not contact the police nor her boyfriend Seth, who is the DA, so she's stuck in a precarious situation.
When she learns that Seth was almost abducted the same day, she's running scared, but willing to do whatever it takes to get Stella back alive. She has Stella's phone, which the kidnapper is watching every text she sends, and he is following Sarah's every move. She's given herself a time limit, and then whatever happens, she's going to the police. But she has help in her assistant Harriet, who's an ex-FBI hostage negotiator, and the two are working together.
When Sarah finds the body of a woman dressed like Alice in Wonderland, she's horrified. But when state police are called in, she's finding her adrenaline heightened and her sense of fear intensified. But the kidnapper doesn't know Sarah, or what she's capable of when someone she loves is in danger. It's Sarah's intrepid instincts that puts her ahead of the kidnapper's little game...
This is the ninth book in the series and I have read all of them. I loved the plot line in this one. It pretty much put Sarah on her own against someone with a sick mind who though they could use her as a pawn to get to someone else. It shows Sarah's true strength, and the lengths she will go to to protect those she loves, even putting her own reputation on the line.
I have to say that it bothered me, though, how Pellner and Awesome reacted to her. Would they not have done the same thing in the same situation? Would Pellner have put his wife's life on the line? I don't think so. Cut her some slack, guys. I did love the fact that it showed how loyal Sarah's friends are, and how loyal she is to them. It warmed my heart.
When Sarah starts 'the game' as it were, she's worried and scared, but once she has help unknown to the kidnapper, things start to become more interesting, and that's when the book pulls you in. I really couldn't put this one down and read it all in one sitting.
In the end it was definitely a twisted situation as well as a rather sad one, but there are other things that make it all worth the while. I did enjoy this book immensely and look forward to the next in the series. Highly recommended.
I received a copy from the publisher and NetGalley but this in no way influenced my review.
More on Sherry Harris's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/sherry-harris/
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