The Chain (Paperback)

Your phone rings. A stranger has kidnapped your child. To free them you must abduct someone else's child. Your child will only be released when your victim's parents kidnap another child. If any of these things don't happen: your child will be killed.

YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE CHAIN...

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Wed, 3 Jul 2019 | Review by: Breakaway R.

Don’t break the chain! Rachel O’Neill has had a few tough breaks. Her husband, who she supported through law school, has left her for a younger model, and she has fought breast cancer. She lives for her daughter Kylie and is now ready to restart her life. What on earth can go wrong? Well, how about getting a notification that her cancer may be back and a call to tell her that Kylie, her daughter has been kidnapped? Rachel’s life, for the foreseeable future, is now therefore entirely focused on getting Kylie back alive but it’s not a simple kidnapping and apart from the $25,000 ransom demanded she must do the unthinkable to get her daughter back alive. In order to enjoy this book, the reader must buy into the premise that a parent will do anything at all for her offspring. Once that hurdle has been jumped what follows in the plot seems entirely logical and plausible. In actuality, many would refuse to cooperate and the kidnappers’ plans would fail dramatically. I admit to having trouble accepting the theory but came around eventually and never came across a “that would never happen” moment. Despite Rachel’s character being well-drawn I did not warm to her, preferring to relate to Pete, her rather rebellious ex-brother in law. Kylie came across well as a resilient teenager and her father, Matty as a rather shallow individual who was generally pretty ineffectual. The thriller lost a star from me as the characters of the perpetrators were not fully explored and, in addition, I felt that the denouement was rather rushed. However, it’s a good read and one to be recommended. mr zorg Breakaway Reviewers received a copy of the book to review.

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