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I like the idea of the story, ex-FBI returning to her hometown with her kids after her husband leaves her. Then she runs into ex boyfriend, is involved in the child-kidnapping-murder cases. First she investigates on her own and then as a police consultant. And there is also the story line of childhood best friend who is constantly abused, and the abduction of her sister when they were little girls and the plot gets more ridiculous with each chapter. If the author had just stuck to one theme and threaded more through upcoming books, I think it would have been a bit more believable.