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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780743273862
ISBN: 0743273869
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2007-09-25
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket

News reporter Irene Kelly untangles the threads of a past crime and a haunting disappearance while trying to survive the present -- in this suspense-charged bestseller from Edgar® Award winner Jan Burke.

Not long after the Las Piernas Express publishes Irene Kelly's articles profiling missing children cases, bones turn up at a California estate -- and a notorious murder-kidnapping is churned up once more. When artist Richard Fletcher was found bludgeoned in his studio years ago, his stepson was quickly apprehended with the murder weapon and ultimately convicted. But Richard's young daughter, Jenny, who went missing at the time of the murder, was never found. Now Irene has joined Richard's son Caleb, a graduate student of forensic anthropology, in the fight to prove his stepbrother's innocence and solve Jenny's disappearance. But digging up the tragedies of the sprawling and powerful Fletcher family isabout to set off a murderous chain reaction -- and put Irene's own life in peril.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: It's all about family
Review: This novel was a nominee for the 2007 Anthony Award. It is an Irene Kelly mystery

It is a story about murders and missing children. Children can go missing for a number of reasons including parental kidnapping in custody disputes. Then there are people who want children at any price, particularly children with good abiliities.

There are a number of psychotic and dysfunctional people in this story, which starts with the discovery of a human hand. DNA testing comes up with a surprising result. In fact, DNA testing plays a major role in the story, including help in identifying children.

Irene Kelly is drawn into the case when her articles on missing children bring some surprising responses from readers. When she goes on the track of missing children, they are some major surprises. The thing about intelligent children is that some of them are able to fend for themselves, both to protect themselves and to help others. Events take some surprising twists and turns.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Gripping Tale
Review: Jan Burke's stories are well paced, with characters you care about. This tale was a nail biter that I missed a lot of sleep to finish. It was well worth it.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Keeps you on your toes
Review: I'm a Jan Burke/Irene Kelly fan, and I readily admit to a willingness to overlook some things that are a bit of a stretch - like the fact that the benevolent founder of this incredibly wealthy and intelligent family was unaware of its dark underside. In spite of that, Ms. Burke does her usual great job of developing characters and keeping you on the edge of your seat. There is plenty of substance, a tight plot, good investigating, and lots of human frailty. Jan Burke is a great story teller.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Very Enjoyable, quick read
Review: Kidnapped is my first Jan Burke novel, but it probably won't be my last. I found this one to be very easy to read and thorougly engrossing. The cast of characters is long & at times a bit difficult to keep up with, however I found that kept things interesting, adding to the suspense. And it must be said that Burke's Irene Kelly is at once likeable & entertaining. RECOMMENDED!

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Kidnapped
Review: I find the story line improbable. Here is this cluster of Mensa caliber folks, with numerous birth and adoptive children among them and no one questions what the Fletcher family is all about? No Dateline, Good Morning America interviews of this group of families? And these highly intelligent folks, Nelson, Dexter, Roy do not question Giles' agenda? Is grandpa Graydon so senile he does not see what is going on? I just have to keep shaking my head as I read through the book. Improbable!

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