Review: The Last Time She Saw Him by Jane Haseldine

The Last Time She Saw Him by Jane Haseldine
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Look out Kinsey Millhone and Lindsey Boxer there is a new heroine in town,Julia Gooden,a Journalist who works the crime beat in Detroit,married to David who is a lawyer and she's mum to two boys Will and Logan.She's gutsy,tough,stubborn,has a bad attitude at times and when she is following a lead she never gives up no matter where it leads her.She is also very protective of her children,a bit too overprotective at times but then considering the fact that her brother Ben was kidnapped thirty years ago and has never been found you can sort of understand her fears,fears that are proven to be justified when on the Anniversary of Ben's disappearance her son Will is snatched from his cot in the middle of the night,is there a connection between the two kidnappings?

The story is told in the present tense with the occasional flash back to before Ben was kidnapped and told solely from Julia's point of view.It is packed full of twists,plenty of action and hooks you in from the very beginning of the story,the chapters mostly end on cliffhangers that make you want to carry on reading..I liked the fact that Julia and Navarro the cop already knew and trusted each other right from the beginning of the story,you do find out the background information on how and where they met and also that they were in a relationship for a while but it's not dragged out through a large chunk of the book nor is the story of Julia and David`s relationship,Navarro and Julia have a good working relationship and I liked him a lot more than Julia's husband who came across as just a bit controlling.

The story is intriguing and although I did sort of have an idea who was behind Wills kidnapping there is other elements to the story that kept me guessing,the characters are well thought out and considering this is a debut book the story is very well written.This is the first in a new series so there are parts of the story that are left open and unanswered,I look forward to finding out what is going to happen in the next book.

Many thanks to Kensington books for an ARC of this book via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review