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A review by marilynw
Every Waking Hour by Joanna Schaffhausen
4.0
Every Waking Hour (Ellery Hathaway #4) by Joanna Schaffhausen
In Every Waking Hour, the fourth book in the Ellery Hathaway/Reed Markham series, Ellery and Reed, the FBI agent who saved her from a serial killer years ago, have moved forward in their quiet relationship. Ellery will never be "okay" after her kidnap, rape, and torture, all those years ago, but she's now a detective in Boston and Reed and his seven year old daughter, Tula, are visiting her. And then there is the ever present Speed Bump, Ellery's cute, lumbering Basset Hound.
The story begins with a missing twelve year old who seems to just walk away from her nanny, under her own free will. But soon after, there is a note from someone saying that they have her and this is all happening due to transgressions on the part of Chloe's mom. Reed, as an FBI profiler and Ellery, as an expert in child abductions, set to work trying to understand just what has happened to Chloe and who might have her.
While being wrapped up in this quick moving case, which involves at least three families with shady characters in each of them, Reed and Ellery are also dealing with Reed's ex wife and the threat of her allowing Tula to have less time in his life. Sarit, Reed's ex, doesn't like Ellery, doesn't want Tula around her, and is deeply bitter about Reed's commitment to his job and Ellery. Having been with these characters for four books now, it's easy to move right into the story and their heads, feeling the tension, doubts, and fears of the characters. The story ends with signs of a fifth offering on the horizon and I cannot wait to be with Ellery and Reed again.
Publication date: January 26, 2021
Thank you to St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books and NetGalley for this ARC.
In Every Waking Hour, the fourth book in the Ellery Hathaway/Reed Markham series, Ellery and Reed, the FBI agent who saved her from a serial killer years ago, have moved forward in their quiet relationship. Ellery will never be "okay" after her kidnap, rape, and torture, all those years ago, but she's now a detective in Boston and Reed and his seven year old daughter, Tula, are visiting her. And then there is the ever present Speed Bump, Ellery's cute, lumbering Basset Hound.
The story begins with a missing twelve year old who seems to just walk away from her nanny, under her own free will. But soon after, there is a note from someone saying that they have her and this is all happening due to transgressions on the part of Chloe's mom. Reed, as an FBI profiler and Ellery, as an expert in child abductions, set to work trying to understand just what has happened to Chloe and who might have her.
While being wrapped up in this quick moving case, which involves at least three families with shady characters in each of them, Reed and Ellery are also dealing with Reed's ex wife and the threat of her allowing Tula to have less time in his life. Sarit, Reed's ex, doesn't like Ellery, doesn't want Tula around her, and is deeply bitter about Reed's commitment to his job and Ellery. Having been with these characters for four books now, it's easy to move right into the story and their heads, feeling the tension, doubts, and fears of the characters. The story ends with signs of a fifth offering on the horizon and I cannot wait to be with Ellery and Reed again.
Publication date: January 26, 2021
Thank you to St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books and NetGalley for this ARC.