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Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
5.0

This is normally not a book that I would pick up to read. But something in the summary caught my attention and I had to start reading.

I felt a little lost through most of the book, with the back story of Tessa, the independent investigator on the case of the kidnapped family and the who and why of the kidnapping. I felt that the story dragged on quite a bit, but after reading the entire book, I got why so many details were added.
Justin, Libby and Ashlyn Denbe are kidnapped with a bang during the first chapter of the book. We are then taken on a wild ride as we follow the kidnapping in Libby's eyes. After being tasered, drugged, and finally forced to live three deep in a prison cell, the family starts to break down. Things come to light that you really wouldn't have expected.
We also have Tessa Leoni's POV along with Wyatt, Sheriff in New Hampshire, pov. Seeing things from the pov of the police and investigators was a nice change of pace, though the constant switching of the povs was a little much for me; since I couldn't always tell who's pov I was reading.

The kidnappers request a ransom, and once that is paid you would think that the story is over; everyone goes on their merry way and things are good.... Well in this case you would be wrong! There are even more twists and turns.

This makes for one completely thrilling read, and while it took me a bit to really get into it, once I did I couldn't stop reading!