Hidden Nature
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4.1 • 42 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
From multi-million copy bestselling author Nora Roberts - a brand new thriller about an injured cop fighting to bring down a pair of twisted killers.
'If you're after the perfect pick-me-up, take-me-away-from-the-world read, then she's your woman' The Guardian
'Nora Roberts is, quite simply, a one-woman phenomenon' Heat
Not everyone believes in second chances...
Frustrated and bored, injured cop Sloan Cooper is looking for anything to distract her from staring down the barrel of months of slow, painful recovery. When a woman mysteriously vanishes without trace from a supermarket car park, Sloan instinctively knows there is more to this case than meets the eye. As she begins to investigate, she quickly uncovers similar cases across three states. Men and women, old and young - all with seemingly nothing in common.
What is the missing piece that links the disappearances? Can Sloan solve the puzzle before another innocent victim is taken? With no clues to speak of and a list of the missing growing almost daily, it will take every ounce of Sloan's endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case. She's willing to risk her life again if that's what it takes...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Roberts returns (after Mind Games) with a solid standalone about a wounded cop tracking a series of mysterious disappearances. Sloan Cooper, a corporal in Maryland's Natural Resources Police, is shot while stopping a robbery at a gas station. Faced with a long recovery process, she returns to her family home in the small mountain town of Heron's Rest. There, she meets Nash Littlefield, a former New York City lawyer who moved to Heron's Rest to start a contracting business with his younger brother. News that a woman in the area has disappeared, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, piques Sloan's interest. When a middle-aged man vanishes under similar circumstances, Sloan looks for connections between the cases, and finds several other disappearances in two nearby states. With Nash's help, Sloan investigates, and comes to believe that a serial killer is stalking the region. Roberts devotes more time to Nash's renovation projects—and his budding romance with Sloan—than the core mystery, but provides plenty of lovable side characters and cozy escapism. For Roberts's fans, this delivers the goods.
Customer Reviews
I can’t believe it
I have been a Nora Robert’s fan for years hence I was sorely disappointed with this book. It was too long, the characters too familiar, and the plot absolutely predictable. At times it felt as if I was reading a how to book on renovating.