Review: Missing Rebecca
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2012
Do you ever really "know" a person?After meeting at a medical conference and embarking on a week long whirlwind romance in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Liam Peters and Rebecca Hancock get married, even though they barely know each other.Liam is a forty-three year old former Navy Seal and owner of Medic-Right, a medical equipment supply company in the Buffalo suburb of Williamsville, NY.Rebecca Hancock is a forty year old pharmaceutical sales person from Cleveland, Ohio. But there is more to who she really is ...Barely two months into their marriage, Liam and Rebecca still don't know each other's life story or past history. While shopping at Bennett Mall in the nearby suburb of Cheektowaga, Rebecca goes missing sending Liam into a panic. Was Rebecca abducted or did she dupe Liam and leave him? What is behind her sudden disappearance? Liam wants to believe that they really love each other, that there is no way Rebecca would have left him, something had to have happened to her ... which leads him on a complicated and dangerous journey to finding his Missing Rebecca.Missing Rebecca is a fast paced intriguing crime mystery thriller that will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat! Written in the third person narrative, this gripping story unfolds the mystery behind Rebecca's disappearance and Liam's journey to find her, it has enough twists and turns that keeps the reader engaged and guessing what will happen next. The author does a great job of drawing the reader into the story, he unfolds the mystery by gradually feeding them pieces to the puzzle until the climatic surprise ending.The story is rich in detail and descriptions, it has a variety of settings: Cocoa Beach, Florida; Buffalo, NY; Cleveland, Ohio; Canada; and Zurich, Switzerland, that has the characters globe trotting around the world in a dangerous game of protecting their individual interests. With a corrupt drug company, FDA, FBI, US Marshals Service, local NY police departments, Russian mobsters, blackmailing individuals and a wayward witness in the WITSEC program (Federal Witness Security Program) all in the mix ... kidnapping, torture and murder are just a part of the drama, suspense and mayhem that awaits the reader in the pages of this riveting story.The author has created a large cast of intriguing and complex characters who are intricately interwoven into the story. Just when the reader starts to get a handle on a set of characters, the author throws a monkey wrench into the mix by adding another group of characters. The complexity of each group of characters' involvement in the mystery is masterfully revealed, and the rapid-fire dialogue and fast paced action makes this one heck of a compelling read! The reader is swept up in the whirlwind of the mystery with fascinating characters that culminates in an astonishing and eye-opening conclusion!Missing Rebecca is a riveting suspense thriller full of adventure, drama and intrigue that is a must read for mystery fans!