No One Saw by Beverly Long – a Review

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Description:
Nobody saw a thing. Or so they say…

Baywood police department detective A.L. McKittridge is no stranger to tough cases, but when five-year-old Emma Whitman disappears from her day care, there isn’t a single shred of evidence to go on. Neither the grandmother who dropped her off, nor the teacher whose care she was supposed to be in, can account for the missing child. There are no witnesses. No trace of where she might have gone. There’s only one thing A.L. and his partner, Rena Morgan, are sure of—somebody is lying.

With the clock ticking, A.L. and Rena are under extreme pressure as they discover their instincts are correct: all is not as it seems. The Whitmans are a family with many secrets, and A.L. and Rena will have to race to untangle a growing web of lies if they’re going to find the thread that leads them to Emma…before it’s too late.

Review:

No One Saw by Beverly Long is the 2^nd book in her A.L McKittridge series. I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and was looking forward to reading No One Saw; and I am happy to say I loved this book.  This series is a great mystery police procedural, with two fantastic detectives. 

A.L. McKittridge, our detective hero, returns from a vacation and is called by his partner, Rena Morgan to help her find a missing child.  Seems a 5 year old girl is missing, when her father comes to pick her up at her day care at the end of the day.  The teachers claim she never came, with no one signing in for her.  The grandmother claims she signed the sheet when she dropped her off.  Did someone take the child, or did she just walk away.  No one saw her; who is telling the truth, and where is Emma Whitman?

What follows is an exciting, fast paced, suspenseful thriller from start to finish.  AL and Rena find themselves suspecting so many different people, as there are many twists and turns along the way.  The Whitmans (mother, father, grandmother) have their own secrets, as well as those at the day care, and other places involving family places of employment.   AL and Rena will also discover another old case of a missing child that was never solved.  With all of these reveals and suspects, we are constantly on our toes trying to guess who kidnapped Emma.  It certainly was an edge of your seat thriller that I could not put the book down.

AL and Rena made a great team, and we got to see some of their own personal lives.  Every step of the way kept throwing us different loops, making it a marvelous page turner. 

No One Saw is an exciting, intriguing, and absorbing story, with two wonderful detectives that will take us on this amazing suspenseful mystery.  The last half of the book escalated the excitement and action, as they race to find Emma.  To tell too much more would be spoilers.  I loved this story, as it was very well written by Beverly Long.   If you like police procedurals, with two great detectives, I suggest you read this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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