Pretty Little Things
Summary:
After a date on Halloween, Lainey Emerson disappears, along with a new boyfriend. This individual, known only by the nickname of El Captain, is the obvious suspect. Bobby Dees, the tenacious special agent of Florida’s crack Crimes Against Children squad, is the one person who may be able to find her — and he is both helped and hindered by the fact that he knows only too well how it feels to lose a child. But all of his resources are called upon by a nemesis who always seems to be one step ahead – and time is running out for the missing girl.
Group Review/Comments:
3 thumbs up
2 thumbs down
Whether members liked this book or not, there were a few points most were in agreement about:
- The main character/detective was well written and likable
- The twist at the end was unexpected
- The topic was very disturbing, although the gore was toned down compared to some we’ve read
Those who liked the story felt it was an easy read with a decent mystery.
Some of the criticisms were that the novel felt weirdly dated. Although it came out as recently as 2010, references to “AOL chatrooms” felt out of place technologically. One reader felt “talked down to” by the lecturing tone about internet dangers. The ended felt like it was a “made for TV happy ending” and there was no sense of the perpetrator’s motive.
