The Vanishing Point
Written by Val McDermid
Narrated by Antonia Beamish
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Five-year-old Jimmy Higgins is brazenly snatched from the middle of a busy airport; but this is no ordinary kidnapping. Jimmy's mother is Scarlett, a reality TV star who, dying of cancer, entrusted the boy to her friend Stephanie Harker. Now Stephanie, reaching into the past to discover the motive behind the abduction, soon encounters a shocking tale of murder and conspiracy, and is faced by the most difficult choice of her life.
Val McDermid
VAL McDERMID is the internationally bestselling author of more than twenty crime novels. She has won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; her novels have been selected as New York Times Notable Books and have been Edgar Award finalists. She was the 2010 recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Crime Writing. More than 10 million copies of her books have been sold around the world. She lives in the north of England. Visit her website at www.valmcdermid.com.
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- Elizabeth IrelandRating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely brilliant. Kind of worked out the ending and wish it had had just a little epilogue at the end. All in all though I really enjoyed it!
- lineRating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Weird ending ruined the book for me. Good reader though