Laura Griffith employs private investigator James "Dev" Devlin to help her find her half-sister. Darcy Weber is sixteen and came to live with Laura just a few months ago when her dad passed away and she had nowhere else to go. Laura and Darcy had their battles over typical teenage stuff, but when Laura found Darcy's room neat as a pin and the note she left, she knew she needed help. Dev is a former ATF agent and his agency is one of the best. He quickly finds that Darcy got as far as the bus station and purchased a ticket for Chicago, but an unexpected winter blizzard has shut down everything in St. Louis. Where could she be? Having to wait out the storm is not helping this investigation. After bus service is restored, Darcy never shows up at the station to follow through on leaving town.

Darcy meets up with another young girl who is on her own. After staying in a shelter for a couple of nights, one of the volunteers offers the girls a room at his home and meals until they can be on their way. Being on their way never happens. Darcy finds herself trapped in Mark Hamilton's home and even worse, she finds her new friend dead in his freezer. Mark then locks Darcy up in a soundproof room and begins to carry out his plan. Darcy has just become Mark's chosen one. Will Dev and his agency be able to find Darcy in time?

Irene Hannon gives us a non-stop inspirational thriller with TRAPPED. It's a little slow at the beginning, laying the groundwork for Dev's investigation and the story's plot, but about half-way through, it picks up pace and becomes a non- stop page turner that you cannot put down. Both Laura and Dev are very strong characters who also have an attraction for each other. But Dev has a strict policy about mixing business and pleasure. He also has to settle some demons from his past. This is a touching story about everyone having a sense of belonging and about building trust. Darcy doesn't like Laura's rules, but quickly finds that Laura's rules aren't nearly as bad as being with Mark. If a great suspense novel is your genre, you're going to love TRAPPED!

Book Summary

When Laura Griffith's sixteen-year-old sister disappears on a frigid February day, leaving only a brief note behind, Laura resolves to do whatever it takes to track down the runaway teen. That includes recruiting ATF agent turned private investigator James Devlin to help. Dev knows time is of the essence with runaways—just forty-eight hours can mean the difference between recovery and ruin.

But the deeper he and Laura dig, the more Dev begins to suspect that something sinister is at work in the girl's disappearance. And in the icy winter weather, the trail is going cold .