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The last time she saw him / Jane Haseldine.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2016Description: 314 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781496704054
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PS3608.A78973 L37 2016
Summary: Thirty years ago Julia Gooden's brother Ben was abducted from the room they shared. Try as she might to recall any clue or detail, there is a black hole where Julia's memories of that terrible event should be. Now a crime reporter at a Detroit newspaper Julia tries to give others the closure she's never found, despite her own guilt and grief. Then, on the anniversary of Ben’s disappearance, Julia's two-year-old son, Will, is snatched from his bed-- and she's convinced the crimes are related.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Jane Haseldine's gripping and brilliantly crafted debut, a reporter searching for her kidnapped son must untangle the connection to her brother's long-ago disappearance.

Julia Gooden remembers nothing about the worst night of her life. Thirty years ago, her nine-year-old brother Ben--the person who promised he would always protect her--was abducted from the room they shared. Try as she might to recall any clue or detail, there is a black hole where Julia's memories of that terrible event should be.

Now a crime reporter at a Detroit newspaper, Julia tries to give others the closure she's never found. But guilt and grief over Ben's disappearance have left her fearful that whoever took her brother is going to come back. Nowhere seems safe--not the city, not the suburbs, not even the secluded lake town where she plans to raise her children. And then, on the anniversary of Ben's disappearance, Julia's worst fears are realized when her two-year-old son, Will, is snatched from his bed.

Convinced that the crimes are related, Julia tries to piece together memories from her final day with Ben. Are the sudden reminders of her brother clues that will lead her to her son's abductor, or merely coincidence? Julia knows she has hours at best to find Will alive, but the deeper she digs, the more personal and terrifying the battle becomes, and an undying promise may be her only hope of saving herself and her son.

Advance Praise for The Last Time She Saw Him

"A sharp, breathless thriller. From the opening scene to the last, The Last Time She Saw Him , kept me flipping the pages. I loved it! Jane Haseldine is one to watch!" --Lisa Jackson, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"So visually written and chilling, with such real, believable characters and twists that shocked. A gripping story that I read in one night--I could not put it down . . ." --Debbie Howells, author of The Bones of You

"Haseldine's first novel is a solid read that fans of Debbie Howells, Julia Dahl, and Laura Lippman will appreciate." --Library Journal

"Terrific! Suspenseful, poignant, and completely surprising. Jane Haseldine's riveting story of love, danger, paranoia, and family is powerfully and emotionally authentic--and deserves a standing ovation." --Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author

Thirty years ago Julia Gooden's brother Ben was abducted from the room they shared. Try as she might to recall any clue or detail, there is a black hole where Julia's memories of that terrible event should be. Now a crime reporter at a Detroit newspaper Julia tries to give others the closure she's never found, despite her own guilt and grief. Then, on the anniversary of Ben’s disappearance, Julia's two-year-old son, Will, is snatched from his bed-- and she's convinced the crimes are related.

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Library Journal Review

Thirty years ago, Julia Gooden's nine-year-old brother Ben-her older confidant and protector-vanished from the room they shared. Much to her frustration, Julia remembers nothing of the incident, but the unsolved crime now haunts her adult world. Dogged with unresolved guilt that she can't vocalize, Julia becomes a reporter because she "never found out the ending to [her] own story." She supervises her two sons with frantic and unhealthy fervor, enough to cause a rift in her crumbling marriage. The mental and emotional lingering of Ben's abduction becomes frighteningly tangible, however, when Julia's own two-year-old son, Will, is snatched from his bed on the anniversary of Ben's disappearance. Julia is convinced the abductions are related. But to find her son, she must also find herself. -VERDICT Haseldine's first novel is a solid read that fans of Debbie -Howells, Julia Dahl, and Laura Lippman will -appreciate.-Erin Entrada Kelly, Philadelphia © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Reporter Julia Gooden, the smart, relatable heroine of journalist Haseldine's uneven debut, needs a break from her job at a Detroit newspaper. She finds peace at her vacation home on Lake St. Clair, Mich., with her two sons, Will and Logan. On the 30th anniversary of the 1977 disappearance of her brother, Ben, two-year-old Will is taken from his bed; the clues left are shockingly similar to those left at the scene of Ben's abduction. In addition to recruiting the help of ex-boyfriend Det. Ray Navarro and estranged husband David, Julia decides to take matters into her own hands. In the next 24 hours or so, Julia manages to have a press conference, illegally search a suspect's home, help search 30 acres of property, sit in on two interrogations, make a prison visit to someone who may have information about Will, and more. This improbable sequence takes credibility away from what is, for the most part, a competently written thriller-at least until the gruesome final showdown, which borders on the ridiculous. Agent: Priya Doraswamy, Lotus Lane Literary. (July) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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