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Special
Agent Steven Thatcher is a widower and father working on a serial murder
case that hits very close to home. In Steven’s small town, there is a
serial killer preying on cheerleaders. While working very hard on the
investigation, Steven has some serious family issues that require his
time, and that are pulling him away from what he needs to do to find the
missing girls.
Right about the time the first girl’s body is found, Steven begins
having trouble with his oldest son, Brad. Brad has been an excellent
student his entire life. Suddenly, his grades have dropped and he’s
experiencing many problems. Brad’s teacher, Dr. Jenna Marshall, contacts
Steven with hopes of helping Brad. Jenna proves to be the light in his
life that Steven needs. However, Steven had been hurt badly before, and
his lack of trust could ruin anything good that could happen between him
and Jenna. Jenna also had been hurt in the past, and her life is about
to become very complicated – filled with danger – and she herself has
issues that must be resolved in order to ever be able to have a future
with Steven.
Who is the serial killer, and how closely does it touch the lives of
Jenna and Steven?
HAVE YOU SEEN HER? is a book that is impossible to put down. Karen Rose
takes an incredible plot and makes it so thoroughly intriguing that the
reader is kept guessing. In addition to that, Ms. Rose uses many points
of views, with a rigid timeline – a period of about three weeks – to the
point that every reader will find themselves consumed by this astounding
book. Astounding is just one word to describe HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Other
adjectives would be spectacular, striking and stupendous. It is not
often I read a book that leads me to tears – sometimes for pages at a
time – and then leaves me with a feeling of “WOW!” at the very end.
Kudos to Ms. Rose for writing such a book.
Reviewed by Robin
Taylor for The Road to Romance
January 22, 2004 |
