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Here and Gone really grabbed me by the gut more than once. Author Haylen Beck delivers a gripping and intense thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. The story follows Audra Kinney, a mother whose worst nightmare comes true when her children are taken from her. As Audra fights to find her missing children, she is met with disbelief and opposition at every turn. The novel is filled with nasty players, wealth, dark web, and a dying town. To what lengths will a mother go to protect her children?
Beck’s writing is sharp and compelling, drawing readers into Audra’s desperate search for her children. The small town setting adds to the sense of isolation and danger, as Audra navigates a web of deceit and betrayal. I was really on the edge of my seat much of the time reading this book and just wanted her to get her kids back!
Here and Gone will leave you breathless. Get ready for a heart-stopping ride with this one!
Now, I’m going to find Sean and Louise. You can either help me or get out of my way. Which is it?
Haylen Beck, Here and Gone
Summary
Here and Gone is a gripping, wonderfully tense suspense thriller about a mother’s desperate fight to recover her stolen children from corrupt authorities.
It begins with a woman fleeing through Arizona with her kids in tow, trying to escape an abusive marriage. When she’s pulled over by an unsettling local sheriff, things soon go awry and she is taken into custody. Only when she gets to the station, her kids are gone. And then the cops start saying they never saw any kids with her, that if they’re gone than she must have done something with them…
Meanwhile, halfway across the country a man hears the frenzied news reports about the missing kids, which are eerily similar to events in his own past. As the clock ticks down on the search for the lost children, he too is drawn into the desperate fight for their return.
