The victim, Grace was a little too spunky and sophisticated for a ten year old, but, with all of that this was a thriller and it certainly managed to deliver the thrills. The author was a little heavy-handed with his characters, his bad guys were truly evil, and his good guys were practically super heroes. So was Grace taken for ransom, taken for revenge or just taken by a random pervert? As these questions slowly unfold and the truth revealed, the book goes into over-drive as her father and Grandfather race to find and rescue her.I found this book rather slow to get into, but once the action started, it kicked into high gear. The father is a certified genius who is about to become an overnight billionaire, her mother is a brilliant defence lawyer with a mysterious past, and her grandfather a decorated military hero who blew the whistle about a massacre in Viet Nam. But, of course, this is no ordinary family.

From her younger brother who doesn’t understand, to her helpless grandparents, this family is broken, probably beyond repair. She will probably never forgive her husband.This book details the anguish, guilt and anger and invasion that a family goes through in this situation. Her mother was working late and arrived to find her daughter gone. Her coach actually pointed her out to the abductor who passed himself off as her uncle. She went to the concession stand for a snow cone, while her father, who attended the game, stayed in the stands talking business on his cell phone. The Abduction is the heart-pounding, adrenaline-fuelled follow up to Jonathan Holt’s highly acclaimed international thriller The Abominationa modern tale of mystery, treachery, and intrigue that moves between the physical and virtual worlds of Venice, Italy, blurring the boundary between dark fantasy and terrifying reality. A 10 year old girl is abducted from her soccer game.

The Abduction by Jonathan Holt