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A review by catmum
Don't Lose Her by Jonathon King
4.0
Don't be put off by the unfortunate title and it's vaguely romance novel sound. Don't Lose Her is classic P.I. Max Freeman and may even be his best since his Edgar-award winning first of the series, The Blue Edge of Midnight. Max is called in by his best friend, Billy Manchester, when Billy's pregnant wife, The Honorable Diane Manchester, is kidnapped.
The story is told from three viewpoints: Max's, as he and Billy both call in all favors owed in trying to understand who is behind the kidnapping; Diane, who is kept hooded and bound, as she tries to make a connection with her kidnappers, who never speak in her presence; and one of the kidnappers who finds herself well over her head. Through all three voices, King is able to maintain the suspense and it is not until the final pages that we come to understand who and what was behind the crime.
The story is told from three viewpoints: Max's, as he and Billy both call in all favors owed in trying to understand who is behind the kidnapping; Diane, who is kept hooded and bound, as she tries to make a connection with her kidnappers, who never speak in her presence; and one of the kidnappers who finds herself well over her head. Through all three voices, King is able to maintain the suspense and it is not until the final pages that we come to understand who and what was behind the crime.