"Good but this series has seen better"
Thames Valley police Detective Superintendent Mike
Yeadings feels that déjà vu has occurred when 11-year-old
Julie Winterton is reported missing. Eight years ago
Julie's father writer Daniel reported his wife Caroline
vanished with most of their bank account. Then Sergeant
Mike investigated the disappearance until Caroline later
surfaced in the Canary Islands accompanied by a neighbor. To assist on the current disappearance, Mike drafts his
regular team consisting of DI Mott, Sergeant Beaumont, and
Detective Sergeant Rosemary "Z" Zyczynski. They begin to
make inquiries, but questions asked of the missing child's
former nanny and Caroline's brother yield nothing. Unless
a break occurs, this case is going nowhere and a child's
life could be in danger. The Thames Valley police unit consists of four engaging
characters that readers will simply like. When the team
hits one dead end after another, the police procedural
story line works well as the audience wonders how the case
will be resolved. However, the plot plops into the Thames
River when Clare Curzon uses a different crime to lead to
an implausible disclosure. Though the cast remains
attractive DON'T LEAVE ME is a weaker entry in a usually
dependable series. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 18, 2002
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