Kiss Her Goodbye: A Frankie Elkin Novel (Volume 4) by Lisa GardnerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I have not read any of the other books in this series, so I had no horse in this race. I found this book to be easy to follow, with just enough backstory for me to be able to keep up.
This book is heartbreaking, suspenseful, and filled with a ton of red herrings, so you might never figure out what the heck is going on! I wasn't able to!
Frankie, who is a person who finds missing people (not a PI, just someone who is chasing her private fears, ghosts, and making up for the years she spent as a drunk), is compelled to find a missing woman who has emigrated to this country from Afghanistan with her daughter and husband. Sabera is a genius, literally, and it appears that her daughter is also.
I won't bore you with any more backstory or more of the plot because it would ruin this fantastic novel for you. It is filled with mystery, suspense, fighting, and the combined resources of a number of people. Some are spies, some work for the government, a cross-dressing cook, other Afghans, a bodyguard, and oh yes, an Iguana, a Python, and more.
A wonderful book for a book club, as it offers a lot of topics for discussion, including both true political ideologies and the fiction aspect.
*ARC was supplied by the publisher Grand Central Publishing, the author, and NetGalley.
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DESCRIPTION: "#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner returns with the 4th installment in her bestselling Frankie Elkin series, in which Frankie is called to Tucson, Arizona, to find a missing Afghan refugee, whose friend suspects she is in grave danger, before it is too late.
A young mother haunted by war, determined to make a fresh start. But sometimes, the sins of the past aren't so easy to escape.
Recent Afghan refugee Sabera Ahmadi was last seen exiting her place of work three weeks ago. The local police have yet to open a case, while her older, domineering husband seems unconcerned. Sabera's closest friend, however, is convinced Sabera would never willingly leave her three‑year old daughter. At her insistence, missing persons expert Frankie Elkin agrees to take up the search through the broiling streets of Tucson. Just in time for a video of the young mother to surface—showing her walking away from the scene of a brutal double murder.
Frankie quickly realizes there's much more to the Ahmadi family than meets the eye. The father Isaad is a brilliant mathematician, Sabera a gifted linguist, and their little girl Zahra—she has an uncanny ability to remember anything she sees. Which given everything that has happened during the girl's short life, may be a terrible curse. When Isaad also disappears under mysterious circumstances and an attempt is made on Zahra's life, Frankie realizes she must quickly crack the code of this family's horrific past.
Someone is coming for the Ahmadis. And violence is clearly an option. When everything is on the line, how far would you go to protect the ones you love?"
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