Book: Girl Who Was Taken

 Book: Girl Who Was Taken

Author: Charlie Donlea

Pages: 352

This is my 246th read for the year

What Amazon Says:

Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are both high school seniors in the small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina.  When they disappear from a beach party one warm summer night, police launch a massive search.  No clues are found, and hope is almost lost until Megan miraculously surfaces after escaping from a bunker deep in the woods.  A year later, the bestselling account of her ordeal has turned Megan from local hero to national celebrity.  It's a triumphant, inspiring story, except for one inconvenient detail: Nicole is still missing.  Nicole's older sister Livia, a fellow in forensic pathology, epects that one day soon Nicole's body will be found, and it will be up to someone like Livia to analyze the evidence and finally determine her sister's fate.  Instead, the first clue to Nicole's disappearnace comes from another body that shows up in Livia's morgue - that of a young man connect to Nicole's past.  Livia reaches out to Megan for help, hoping to learn more about the night the 2 were taken.  Other girls have gone missing too, and Livia is increasingly certain the cases are connected.  But Megan knows more than she reveals in her blockbuster book.  Flashes of meory are coming togeher, pointing to something darker and more monstrous than her chiling memori describes.  And the deeper she and Livia dig, the more they realize that sometimes true terror lies in finding exactly what you've been looking for.

This was an interesting enough book. I listened to it and it kept me entertained during long drives and yard work.  I did not see the ending coming - I will give it that.  I did feel like the killer was a bit of a "what?" reaction for me-  nothing that really lead me to believe that was where this was going anywhere in this book.  

Stars: 3.5