A recent abduction becomes an unexpected link to a decades-long spree of unspeakable crimes.
Eight-year-old Brooklyn Mercer has gone missing. And as accustomed as FBI agents Eliza Sterling and Brandon Eddison are to such harrowing cases, this one has struck a nerve. It marks the anniversary of the disappearance of Eddison's own little sister. Disturbing, too, is the girl's resemblance to Eliza-so uncanny they could be mother and daughter.
With Eddison's unsettled past rising again with rage and pain, Eliza is determined to solve this case at any cost. But the closer she looks, the more reluctant she is to divulge to her increasingly shaken partner what she finds. Brooklyn isn't the only girl of her exact description to go missing. She's just the latest in a frightening pattern going back decades in cities throughout the entire country.
In a race against time, Eliza's determined to bring Brooklyn home and somehow find the link to the cold case that has haunted Eddison-and the entire Crimes Against Children team-since its inception.
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(Thomas & Mercer, 21 May 2019, ebook, 317 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle, Kindle Owner's Lending Library)
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This is my favourite book of the Collector series and is just as good and devastating as The Butterfly Garden. This book has a lot of backstory for one of my favourite characters, Brandon Eddison. The contrasts between missing 8-year-old Brooklyn and Brandon's sister who went missing 25-years-ago were painful and devastating at times. It gave me chills that Brandon's sister looked similar to missing Brooklyn. I read a lot of thrillers and have a penchant for books about missing girls. You do come across books that are similar to each other. The Vanishing Season and the Collector series in general offer something different. I loved the title as well. The book is full of twists and revelations and brings a great series to a satisfying conclusion.
