China Lake: An Evan Delaney Novel (Evan Delaney, #1) (Evan Delaney Mysteries)

by Meg Gardiner

From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2

Evan Delaney learns that not only has her ex-sister-in-law joined a religious cult, but the unstable young mother plans to regain custody of her son and disappear with him into the fold of the fanatical group. But when murder raises the stakes, Evan is dragged even deeper into the nightmare.

• ISBN10: 0451224558
• ISBN13: 9780451224552
• Publish Date: 3 June 2008 (first published 4 July 2002)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Signet
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 416
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451224552

Reviews

[dpfaef]

Edgar® - Best Paperback Original - 2009 Not a bad read. I enjoyed it, read another of her books [b:The Dirty Secrets Club Jo Beckett Series 1|8560078|The Dirty Secrets Club (Jo Beckett Series #1)|Meg Gardiner|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1278702404s/8560078.jpg|2178243] it was okay. They are easy reads and for the most part enjoyable.

[ibeforem]

If you love suspense, you need to go out immediately and find a book by Meg Gardiner. Meg, you’ve been hidden in the UK for too long! I really enjoyed The Dirty Secrets Club, but this one was even better. At one point, Evan’s sister-in-law tries to illegally take back custody of her son while Evan is locked in the back of a police car, and I thought I was going to literally jump out of my seat! And that was just the beginning! This story of a cult gone crazy really makes you think about what we as a society can control, and what we can’t, especially as Evan tries to get help from the police, who don’t know whom to believe. And I never expected the final twist. I think I especially liked the quiet times in the story, where you got a real sense of Evan, Jesse, and Luke’s normal lives. So often you only see the characters in a suspense novel in the midst of chaos. I will definitely be reading (or listening to) more of these, likely sooner rather than later.