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Late one dark, rainy night, newspaper reporter Moira Harrison hits a woman frantically waving at her from the middle of an unlit rural road. Moira does her best to stop her car, but it spins out of control. Moira desperately informs the Good Samaritan who stops a few minutes later about the struck woman, and, after helping Moira, he assures her he will take care of matters. When Moira wakes up in her car an hour later, there is absolutely no evidence of either the woman or the man. The police believe Moira may have been imagining things due to the concussion she received, but Moira knows she saw a woman in the road. The only one willing to help Moira is private detective Cal Burke. Double-RITA winner Hannon begins a new romantic-suspense series, and this novel’s fast-paced plot and compelling characters (including a surprisingly complex villain) make it an excellent suggestion for inspirational-fiction fans as well as readers who enjoy Mary Higgins Clark’s subtly chilling brand of suspense. --John Charles
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"Hannon's intricately developed characters struggle with complex moral issues, bringing into question whether the ends ever do justify the means. An engaging, satisfying tale that will no doubt leave readers anxiously anticipating the next installment."--Publishers Weekly
"Double-RITA winner Hannon begins a new romantic-suspense series, and this novel's fast-paced plot and compelling characters (including a surprisingly complex villain) make it an excellent suggestion for inspirational-fiction fans as well as readers who enjoy Mary Higgins Clark's subtly chilling brand of suspense."--Booklist
A tenacious reporter. A skeptical PI. And a secret that will shatter lives.
Reporter Moira Harrison is lost. In the dark. In a thunderstorm. When a lone figure suddenly appears in the beam of her headlights, Moira slams on her brakes--but it's too late. She feels the solid thump against the side of her car before crashing into a tree on the far side of the road.
A man opens her door, tells her he saw everything, and promises to call 911. Then the world fades to black. When she comes to, she is alone. No man. No 911. No injured person. But she can't forget the look of terror she saw on that face in the instant before her headlights swung away. And she can't get anyone to believe her story--except maybe a handsome ex-homicide detective turned private eye, who reluctantly agrees to take on the case.
As clues begin to surface, it becomes obvious that someone doesn't want this mystery solved--and will stop at nothing to protect a shocking secret.
"Double-RITA winner Hannon begins a new romantic-suspense series, and this novel's fast-paced plot and compelling characters (including a surprisingly complex villain) make it an excellent suggestion for inspirational-fiction fans as well as readers who enjoy Mary Higgins Clark's subtly chilling brand of suspense."--Booklist
A tenacious reporter. A skeptical PI. And a secret that will shatter lives.
Reporter Moira Harrison is lost. In the dark. In a thunderstorm. When a lone figure suddenly appears in the beam of her headlights, Moira slams on her brakes--but it's too late. She feels the solid thump against the side of her car before crashing into a tree on the far side of the road.
A man opens her door, tells her he saw everything, and promises to call 911. Then the world fades to black. When she comes to, she is alone. No man. No 911. No injured person. But she can't forget the look of terror she saw on that face in the instant before her headlights swung away. And she can't get anyone to believe her story--except maybe a handsome ex-homicide detective turned private eye, who reluctantly agrees to take on the case.
As clues begin to surface, it becomes obvious that someone doesn't want this mystery solved--and will stop at nothing to protect a shocking secret.
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Irene Hannon is the best-selling author of more than 35 novels. Her books have been honored with the coveted RITA Award from Romance Writers of America, the HOLT Medallion, the Reviewer's Choice Award from Romantic Times BOOKreviews magazine and the Daphne du Maurier Award for mystery/suspense. Irene and her husband make their home in Missouri, USA. Irene invites you to visit her at her website, www.irenehannon.com
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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on January 30, 2013
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5 Stars*****
Irene Hannon once again takes us to the creepy side of life with her spellbinding suspense. Moira Harrison is a top-notch reporter that has gone to great lengths to get her story so when she tells the police that come to the scene of her accident she hit a woman; she knows she has hit a woman.
As Moira is traveling on a country road late at night in the pouring rain, a woman appears out of nowhere and in the process of slamming on her brakes in the rain, the car skids, hits the woman and then slams into a tree. As Moira is sitting there stunned a man opens the passenger door and tells her he is calling 911. Moira then passes out and when she awakes an hour later, there is no one around. She finds her phone and calls 911 and when the police show up they try to convince her she hit a deer. Moira knows better but what can she do?
In the days after the wreck Moira cannot get the terrified woman out of her mind, she knows that she must find out what really happened. Since the police won't help her, Moira decides to visit a Private Investigator. When Moira arrives at Phoenix, Inc. for her appointment with Cal Burke, ex-detective she is not sure what to expect. After telling her story once again, Moira is pleased that Cal seems somewhat receptive to it. And when he talks to his co-workers, Dev a former ATF Agent and Connor a former Secret Service Agent, they all agree the story is strange and may not go anywhere but they want to look further into it.
Moira is quit smitten with Cal Burke, not only is he drop-dead gorgeous, he is a kind and understanding man. Moira knows better than to mix business and pleasure but this one time she might just throw caution to the wind.Read more ›
Irene Hannon once again takes us to the creepy side of life with her spellbinding suspense. Moira Harrison is a top-notch reporter that has gone to great lengths to get her story so when she tells the police that come to the scene of her accident she hit a woman; she knows she has hit a woman.
As Moira is traveling on a country road late at night in the pouring rain, a woman appears out of nowhere and in the process of slamming on her brakes in the rain, the car skids, hits the woman and then slams into a tree. As Moira is sitting there stunned a man opens the passenger door and tells her he is calling 911. Moira then passes out and when she awakes an hour later, there is no one around. She finds her phone and calls 911 and when the police show up they try to convince her she hit a deer. Moira knows better but what can she do?
In the days after the wreck Moira cannot get the terrified woman out of her mind, she knows that she must find out what really happened. Since the police won't help her, Moira decides to visit a Private Investigator. When Moira arrives at Phoenix, Inc. for her appointment with Cal Burke, ex-detective she is not sure what to expect. After telling her story once again, Moira is pleased that Cal seems somewhat receptive to it. And when he talks to his co-workers, Dev a former ATF Agent and Connor a former Secret Service Agent, they all agree the story is strange and may not go anywhere but they want to look further into it.
Moira is quit smitten with Cal Burke, not only is he drop-dead gorgeous, he is a kind and understanding man. Moira knows better than to mix business and pleasure but this one time she might just throw caution to the wind.Read more ›
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Katie Garvin
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I am so glad to see Irene Hannon bring out yet another wonderful suspenseful read! I thoroughly enjoyed the last three books I read by her--the Guardians of Justice series. The second book of that series is still one of my favorites! While Vanished didn't unseat Deadly Pursuit from it's perch, it still was a great suspense that will give readers hours of adventure! :-)
Moira and Cal, both, were really likable characters. Their romance was a bit fast--in my own personal opinion--but still very sweet. The mystery of the "vanishing" person was really intriguing and kept me going. And I totally loved how this series will deal with Private Investigators! I haven't read any books about PI's--lots of police men, detectives, and FBI's, but no PI's!
I did have one thing that bothered me. And I noticed it some in her previous series. When reading from the man's point of view, it kind of irked me how Cal kept referring to Moira as "hot" or a "looker" or how often he and his workers would 'check her out' (I don't think that phrase was used, but it was refered to). Maybe I'm just being odd, but I would have liked to hear terms like "beautiful" instead of "hot". It just seems cheap. And maybe Hannon was just really trying to write the scenes from a guys perspective...but, still, a Christian man--in my mind--wouldn't treat or think of women like the world does.
That might have turned into a little rant from me--sorry! But it just really bothered me in the book. Not that the whole book wasn't totally worth the read--it was! Hannon has a wonderful writing ability to throw you into the moment. And the story plot was great. Vanished started very slow and easy, but the plot steadily grew thicker. And the twist with who the killer was and how he ticked was really good.Read more ›
Moira and Cal, both, were really likable characters. Their romance was a bit fast--in my own personal opinion--but still very sweet. The mystery of the "vanishing" person was really intriguing and kept me going. And I totally loved how this series will deal with Private Investigators! I haven't read any books about PI's--lots of police men, detectives, and FBI's, but no PI's!
I did have one thing that bothered me. And I noticed it some in her previous series. When reading from the man's point of view, it kind of irked me how Cal kept referring to Moira as "hot" or a "looker" or how often he and his workers would 'check her out' (I don't think that phrase was used, but it was refered to). Maybe I'm just being odd, but I would have liked to hear terms like "beautiful" instead of "hot". It just seems cheap. And maybe Hannon was just really trying to write the scenes from a guys perspective...but, still, a Christian man--in my mind--wouldn't treat or think of women like the world does.
That might have turned into a little rant from me--sorry! But it just really bothered me in the book. Not that the whole book wasn't totally worth the read--it was! Hannon has a wonderful writing ability to throw you into the moment. And the story plot was great. Vanished started very slow and easy, but the plot steadily grew thicker. And the twist with who the killer was and how he ticked was really good.Read more ›
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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I was somewhat torn by this book when it came to how many stars to give it. In some ways, it was formulaic to the extreme. You know pretty much by the third chapter "whodunit." From that point, the formula was right out there in the open, and I knew not only whodunit but how and why. And why oh why can't writers, especially women writers, design a "heroine" who can rescue HERSELF???? PLEASE people, I am so tired of female characters who do stupid crap to get themselves captured by the bad guy and have to have their ashes hauled out of trouble by the big, strong, handsome hero. In this case, she was doing the right thing, and should have been able to not get herself into the trouble she did, but I guess the formula requires a vapid ending. Sigh. Are we still living in the 1950's?? All in all, if this was the only thing the book was about, it would have been a two star read at most. However, Hannon did redeem herself to the point that I was happy to be able to add an additional star, all for a very unusual reason.
Where does the line between moral and amoral behaviour lie? I was discussing this very subject with another reviewer when it comes to historical characters such as Vlad the Impaler and Lucrezia Bortia. Our reality shapes our morality. When our reality is crippled at a very young age, how does that effect the rest of our lives, how we see and interact with the world? When a child is forced to commit acts at a very young age, how does that change the rest of their life and how they see the world?
There was a deep underlying Christian religious base to this book, but Hannon handled it very delicately, not preaching - in fact, not making judgments at all, which I found extremely refreshing.Read more ›
Where does the line between moral and amoral behaviour lie? I was discussing this very subject with another reviewer when it comes to historical characters such as Vlad the Impaler and Lucrezia Bortia. Our reality shapes our morality. When our reality is crippled at a very young age, how does that effect the rest of our lives, how we see and interact with the world? When a child is forced to commit acts at a very young age, how does that change the rest of their life and how they see the world?
There was a deep underlying Christian religious base to this book, but Hannon handled it very delicately, not preaching - in fact, not making judgments at all, which I found extremely refreshing.Read more ›
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