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Vanishing Act
Book Two:
The Jamie Richmond Mystery Series
Book Two:
Vanishing Act
When Jamie’s best friend vanishes, she’ll do anything to find her and bring her home.
A new year marks new beginnings for Jamie Richmond. Not only has she moved into a cozy new house, but she’s brought Malone along with her to fan the flames of their growing romance. When Jamie’s best friend, Linda Davis, enters the picture, she thinks everything is right with the world.
Linda begins a May-September romance with Vincent Schulte, Jamie’s doctor and good friend. But while Vince is sweeping Linda off her feet, she unknowingly has captured the attention of a stalker. The idyllic life suddenly takes a very bad turn when Linda disappears without a trace on a cold and snowy day. The police are scrambling to find a clue that will lead them to Linda. Malone does his best to comfort Jamie and encourages her to let the professionals do their job. But if there’s one thing he’s learned in their time together, it’s that nothing will stop this stubborn redhead from solving this mystery.
Jamie turns all of her attention on figuring out who took Linda and where she might be, regardless of the dangers she may face. Her efforts once again put her in harm’s way. But will she find her best friend?
What Readers Are Saying!
This Jamie Richmond book 2 is as good as the 1st book. Mark Love is a amazing writer. I can't wait to read book 3. ​~Nancy Brutsche
Loved the characters. Great dialog. Story moves along at a nice pace. Lots of twists in the plot. ~KC
Vanishing Act by Mark Love is described as a romance but I'm not sure why. Although the main character, Jamie Richmond, is in love the relationship is obviously established and doesn't particularly change or progress during the story. It would be better classified as suspense as the main story line is about a stalker and a kidnapping.
Vanishing Act opens well with a prologue that drew me in and made me want to read on. The rest of the story is good, it moves along at a reasonable pace and there is plenty of action. The characters are well drawn.
I did find parts of the plot unlikely and the characters' constant use of each others names during dialogue irritating - especially as each character has more than one version of their name and the 'mysterious' Malone (although I wasn't quite sure what was mysterious about him) is called something different in every chapter.
​~Belinda F from Masquerade Crew