BOOK REVIEW - Snatched by Gillian Jackson

They say that you don't appreciate something until it's gone,well Martha and Richard Stone are about to find out just how true the saying is when their eleven year old son Danny is snatched off the street and bundled into a white van whilst on his way home from school and they find themselves plunged into every parents worst living nightmare.

There was  no witnesses and the police have no leads and no idea where Danny is or even if he is still alive. The mystery deepens when Danny's parents receive a ransom demand for a suspiciously low amount of money. Why have the kidnappers asked for such a low sum of money? Why is Richard behaving so suspiciously? What is he hiding? Could he have been involved in the kidnapping of his own son? Thousands of children go missing every year,many of whom are never found. Will Danny ever return home to his parents or is he destined to join the ranks of the forever missing?

The chapters of this gripping page turner alternate between Martha and Richard,the police investigation and Danny's ordeal at the hands of his kidnappers. My heart went out to poor Martha as we witnessed her anguish and grief,feelings that intensified as each day passed and her child remained missing.She didn't get any support from her husband who's behaviour was secretive and erratic. I really didn't think Richard was a very likeable character for various reasons. Danny was a very likeable,brave and resourceful young boy whose chapters were chilling and heart poundingly intense at times. I really liked DI Radford and his team,I loved the camaraderie between him and DS Best,he was a very approachable boss and the team worked well together. The villains were cold,cruel,twisted individuals,very nasty,greedy people.

Snatched is a tightly plotted,mesmerising,intense thriller that hooks the reader in from the first page,keeps you captivated throughout the entire extremely well written story. There was likeable and unlikable characters and characters who were not who they appeared to be. I hope DI Radford and his team feature in more of this author's books. I really loved this unputdownable thriller and think it deserves far more than five stars. Very very highly recommended.

                                                                        AUTHOR BIO

I am something of an accidental author, having only begun my writing career after I turned fifty, proving that you are never too old to follow your dream! Signing an eight book contract with Sapere Books in 2018 continued the dream and they are re-publishing eight of my back list beginning with 'Abduction' which will be released on 30th August 2019.

Combining an interest in psychology and therapeutic counselling, with my passion for writing, I've created books which often deal with difficult contemporary issues, but written with sensitivity and from a positive perspective. My first full length novel, ‘The Counsellor’ introduces Maggie Sayer, a therapeutic counsellor, and follows Maggie’s own story alongside the problems of three of her clients.

Having trained in counselling myself, I include techniques which I've found powerful and interesting, in the hope that my readers will find them interesting too. There are four more ‘Maggie’ novels plus full length novels 'Abduction' 'A Measure of Time' 'Ask Laura' 'Snatched' and two romantic novellas, 'The First Snow of Winter' & 'Angel Tea Rooms'.

PUBLICATION DATE: 28th September 2019
PRINT LENGTH: 241 Pages
PUBLISHER: Sapere Books
GENRE: Kidnapping Crime Fiction

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