First published 2013
Grant Turner and Andrea Carson arrive in Jamaica expecting their daughters to return from a typical college vacation. Instead, they discover the girls have vanished from their resort without explanation. Local police show little interest in the case, more worried about protecting tourism than finding missing Americans. The two single parents must rely on each other as they search for answers on an island where human trafficking operates behind the facade of paradise. Their investigation draws the attention of Jon-Pierre Baptiste, a ruthless crime boss who controls a network that kidnaps and sells women. Baptiste uses the island's resorts as hunting grounds, disposing of victims who cause trouble in the crocodile-infested waters of Little River. He begins a twisted game with Grant and Andrea, holding their daughters' lives in the balance. The parents face an impossible choice as they navigate corruption and violence, forced to play by Baptiste's rules if they want any chance of seeing their children alive again.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Jamaica, Little River
Period: 21st-century
350 pages · Paperback · L'Etoile Consulting
Content warnings: kidnapping, trafficking, violence