In the tradition of James Patterson’s style of writing with the short, gripping, easily read chapters, Mary Jane Clark gives us the enthralling novel, It Only Takes a Moment. In the prologue, Eliza Blake, the heroine of the book, is walking up to a small casket in a funeral home. Immediately the reader knows they are in for a great page-turning ride as the first chapter then takes us back to a normal morning routine for Blake.
Eliza Blake is the host of the highly popular KEY News morning show. She is used to dealing with the media when spellbinding news keeps the viewer riveted to their television set and the anchor tense and engaged. Leaving for work as normal one morning, Eliza Blake soon discovers that this is no ordinary day. She finds out that she is part of just the sort of frantic news story that she often reports on. Blake’s 7-year-old daughter is missing and thus begins the thrill ride of a novel! Eliza realizes every parent’s worst nightmare has happened–her child has been kidnapped!
After Eliza had left and her 7-year-old daughter, Janie, was at day camp, Mrs. Garcia, the housekeeper, finds herself face-to-face with two odd cartoon-looking characters that attack her. They force her to call the Day Camp and tell them she is coming to pick up Jamie. What follows is a race to find Mrs. Garcia and Janie!
Eliza springs into action on a mission to find her daughter, even though she becomes one of the many suspects the FBI investigate. With the help of her neighbors and friends, Eliza and the rest of the “Sunrise Suspense Society”, made up of psychiatrist Dr. Margo Gonzalez, producer Annabelle Murphy, and cameraman B.J. D’Elia, begin to try and unravel clues to the whereabouts of terrified Janie Blake. One clue comes from a psychic who knows details even the press didn’t know about. There are ransom notes, suspicious letters, and more clues to keep track of but they all add to the suspense of this fast moving thriller.
Eliza’s group and the FBI search through all of her fan letters to see if there might be a clue in them. Just when one of the many clues makes the reader think they are having an “A-HA!” moment, it turns around and leaves one still puzzled.
The short, fast paced chapters keep the reader going from one page to another. It Only Takes a Moment is a gripping novel of suspense in which author Mary Jane Clark will be making many news fans that may have not read her books before with this reviewer being one of them. Highly recommended!
A Minute Just Doesn't Seem Like it Could Be That Long! It Only Takes a Moment by Mary Jane Clark
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