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    Looking for Jesse

    By Lisa Worrall

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    Life is full of decisions and it’s the split-second ones that change your world forever. Nick Shepherd made such a decision on the day his son, Jesse, was taken from a Christmas market in Naperville. The woman looked normal and had a son of her own, and he was only going to be a minute. But that minute was all she needed. His son was gone.

    A year later, the task force is being downsized and they are no closer to finding Jesse than they were the day he disappeared. At his wits end, Nick is given a number and a name by the lead on the case.

    Ex-detective Frank Ford has issues, several of them. Two steps shy of a full-blown alcoholic, all he wants is to bury himself in the bottle. He’s doing a pretty good job of it, too, when Nick Shepherd asks for his help. Does Ford want to help? No. Is Ford going to help? Hell no. Until four words resonate deep within him.

    “She took my son!”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLisa Worrall
    Release dateOct 29, 2017
    ISBN9781370331888
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    Lisa Worrall

    I live in Leigh on Sea, a small seaside town just outside London on the coast of Essex, about ten minutes from Southend, which boasts the longest pier in the world. I live with my partner and two ever-growing children, who I let think are the boss of me; along with a dog who actually is. As the wonderful Beatrix Potter said, "There is something delicious about writing the first words of a new story. You never quite know where they'll take you." I know exactly what she means and hope you'll join me for the ride.

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    • 3/5
      There's a great story in there, it just needs a good editing. The timeline was a bit messed up, with events getting switched around a bit and the number of tragic, freak accidents resulting in dead characters just ended up feeling like lazy writing and a convenient way of getting rid of loose ends.
      I really liked Nick and Ford, but while I enjoyed their banter and they had a good, friendly chemistry, the romance felt forced and out of place to me.
      I really felt for Nick and watching him desperately search for his little boy, clinging to the hope of finding him alive broke my heart. The suspense was killing me in the best of ways and despite its flaws, I found it very hard to put the book down right up to the fairly satisfying end.
      It was good, but it could have been better.