Tim Johnston’s Descent is a unique story with a unique perspective. Descent takes place in the Rocky Mountains where a young family of four, on vacation, endures one of the most trying times a family can face when their 18 year old college-bound daughter Caitlin goes missing on a morning run with her brother Sean. This, naturally, devastates the family and causes them to readjust their lives to search for Caitlin and the emotional roller coaster that follows.

While this book is intriguing, it can be difficult to follow as it bounces back and forth between present and past tense.  374 pages later and you end up with a story that will be difficult to forget.

Due to the the difficulty of time travel without warning in this book, it took me two weeks to read.

I really did enjoy this book but be prepared to set some time aside to read. Overall, I give the Descent a 3.5 of 5.

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Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel.

Lacey

The Day I Went Missing follows our author Jennifer Miller into what I can only describe as a truly heartbreaking and terrifying situation she finds herself in when she becomes too trusting of her psychologist.  This is a genuine psychology thriller in the most literal sense and being that this is a true story makes it all the more disturbing.

This is a smaller book at only 246 pages but packs a huge punch.  Our author, Jennifer Miller, is a TV writer so this book is easy to fly through within a matter of a few days.

This book deserves a solid 4 out of 5 for this brilliant woman’s epic tale and to her recovery from such a disheartening experience.

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Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel.

Lacey

Let’s start off with a bang, shall we?

I should preface this entry by saying, if you aren’t a fan of colorful foul language, you should probably skip this book. While it is one of my favorite books, I realize it won’t be for everyone.

Gone Baby Gone is based out of  the hard Boston streets where private investigators (Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro) are hired by a missing child’s aunt and uncle to find her. Enter the shootouts and super sweet criminal nicknames such as Cheese and Bubba.

At 412 pages this book will keep you on the edge of your seat. Dennis Lehane has crafted many best sellers and this happens to be one of them.

I initially read this book around 2010 so, naturally, I’m unable to give you the exact time it took me to complete this bad boy but I know I flew through it.

I easily give this book 4 out of 5. I would probably rate it even higher if it didn’t make me lose an incy bit of faith in humanity, but alas, it has. Which also happens to be part of it’s charm, it is one gritty book.

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel.

Lacey