MY REVIEW:
Missing Max is an emotionally charged story that documents how each member of the Madison family is affected by the kidnapping of baby Max. Jane, Kyle, and Melanie each retreat into their own private world where they fluctuate between blaming themselves and each other for Max’s disappearance. Jane and Kyle’s marriage suffers as they wallow separately in their grief. Once sweet and loving, Melanie becomes an unmanageable teen who surprises her parents with an off-the-wall solution that also affects people outside their immediate family.
When Jane begins to receive strange phone calls followed by several incidents of harassment, they suspect it could be the kidnapper. As the narrative progresses, the level of harassment and potential danger to the entire family rises until it reaches a climax near the end.
Well written with believable characters, Missing Max is a page turner that will leave the reader wanting more.
This book was provided for review by Rebeca Seitz with Glass Road Public Relations.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
When baby Max is kidnapped during Mardi Gras, Jane and Kyle Madison’s life falls apart. What their daughter, Melanie, does next is unthinkable.
Max vanished into thin air while in the care of his teenage sister, Melanie. Six months later, the family is a shadow of its former self: Melanie blames herself and is acting out and rebellious; Jane is obsessed with finding Max; and Kyle, a lawyer, struggles to cope with his own grief—and a persistent suspicion that one of his cases is connected to Max’s disappearance.
With her family in turmoil and her marriage on the rocks, Jane thinks things can’t get any worse. Then when an affair and an unexpected pregnancy threaten to tear the Madisons’ lives apart, an anonymous caller leads to a break in the case. Can a second kidnapping bring their family back together?
Read an excerpt from Missing Max here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Karen Young is the author of thirty-four novels with more than ten million copies in print. Her many awards include the RITA from Romance Writers of America and both the Career Achievement and Reviewer’s Choice awards from Romantic Times magazine. She is a frequent public speaker and a teacher of the craft of writing. Currently, she resides in Houston, Texas.
