Book Review: Bring Them Home (Detective Amanda Steele #16) by Carolyn Arnold  @authorcarolynarnold  @bookouture 

Bring Them Home
(Detective Amanda Steele #16)
by Carolyn Arnold

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She’d never been this terrified but she refused to let it show, to give her captors more power. As she was led out of the van with her parents, she stifled a cry. Ahead of her was an old farm, surrounded by fields. There was no one for miles around. No one to hear the screams that would inevitably come.

When a seemingly ordinary family goes missing in plain sight, Detective Amanda Steele is called in to find them before it’s too late. The only evidence left behind is the mother’s abandoned car in a mall parking lot—her phone and purse on the front seat. But why would anyone target a loving mother, a dedicated father and elementary school teacher, and a teenage girl?

Amanda and Trent speak with friends and family but can’t unearth any reason the family would disappear on their own. Their darker suspicion is confirmed when they find CCTV footage of the mother and daughter being bundled into an unmarked black van, driven away at speed. They are looking at an abduction.

Soon charred remains are discovered in a field outside of town, and Amanda uncovers a lead that could blow the investigation wide open. If she’s right, this case is linked to a woman who went missing ten years ago—and closer still, to someone within the police department. But can Amanda and Trent put all the pieces together in time to stop a twisted killer before more lives are lost?

A completely gripping and pulse-pounding crime thriller, perfect for fans of Kendra Elliott, Robert Dugoni and Mary Burton.

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My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

 

Time swelled and constricted with the ebb and flow of grief and the highs and lows of life.

A book she’d read said that if you want something, you need to make room for it to appear. Considering she rarely had five seconds to sit still long enough to read anything that wasn’t a case file, the fact that message had gotten through must mean something.

… her legal name was Antonina Martini. It dripped off the tongue as if it were some fancy cocktail. But this woman was certain to leave a bitter aftertaste.

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My Review:

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Diving into a series at book 16 isn’t always wise, and while I may have gotten more out of the various story threads if I’d read the previous installments, I didn’t struggle to keep up. The prologue was gripping and threw me into the story headfirst, but the rest of the book was much slower-paced and lacked the riveting peril of the beginning; still, the crimes were gruesome, and the villains were creepy.

 

 

About the Author

CAROLYN ARNOLD is an international bestselling and award-winning author, as well as a speaker, teacher, and inspirational mentor. She has several continuing fiction series and has nearly thirty published books. Her genre diversity offers her readers everything from cozy to hard-boiled mysteries, and thrillers to action adventures. Her crime fiction series have been praised by those in law enforcement as being accurate and entertaining. This led to her adopting the trademark: POLICE PROCEDURALS RESPECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT™.

Carolyn was born in a small town and enjoys spending time outdoors, but she also loves the lights of a big city. Grounded by her roots and lifted by her dreams, her overactive imagination insists that she tell her stories. She intends to touch the hearts of millions with her books, to entertain, inspire, and empower.

She currently lives near London, Ontario, Canada, with her husband and two beagles.

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