Summary
"When researcher Brodie Farrell is asked to locate the whereabouts of a young man, Daniel Hood, she sees nothing suspicious in the request. She duly finds him, passes his details on to her client, and commends herself on a job well done. But when she sees Daniel's body a few days later in hospital, in a life-threatening coma, Brodie is overcome by guilt. If it wasn't for her efforts, none of this would have happened." "So she resolves to do everything she can to bring Daniel's attackers to justice. She thinks that if he wakes from his coma he will be able to help. But, when he does eventually gain consciousness, Daniel has no answers for her. Until he was snatched from his ordinary life, he hadn't known he had an enemy in the world. All he knows is that the men who hurt him were looking for someone called Sophie - and he doesn't know anyone of that name." "But he needs to understand what it is all about. To understand why he has been left scarred for life. And the journey of discovery that he and Brodie embark upon leads them to a deeper and more complex tragedy than either first imagined."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.
Publishers Weekly Review
Deviating from her popular police procedurals (Changelings, etc.), British veteran Bannister introduces a new mystery series that's both fresh and different. Brodie Farrell, recently divorced and the single parent of a four-year-old, runs her own search service, Looking for Something? When a woman asks her to find a man in a photograph who she says has cheated her out of a great deal of money, Brodie, whose only prior detective experience has been limited to finding antique books and cranberry glass epergnes, accepts the case and soon tracks down and identifies the man as mathematics teacher Daniel Hood. After thugs torture, shoot and leave Daniel for dead, Brodie, plagued with guilt, dutifully reports her involvement to the police. When it becomes apparent that Daniel was an innocent victim, Brodie joins him in an investigation that will lead them into a world of the very rich where the life of a child is in jeopardy, money is all important and truth has no value. Lies abound from beginning to end in a plot that twists and turns until its surprising conclusion. As usual, the author skillfully juxtaposes a complex puzzle with insightful character studies. Particularly poignant here is the sensitivity with which she treats Daniel's psychological state as he tries to recover. Brodie is intelligent but sometimes impetuous, caring but sometimes overzealous. But then again, she's new at this work. Committed Bannister fans and those fond of psychological mysteries will welcome Brodie's debut. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From: Reed Elsevier Inc.
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