I have greatly
enjoyed Lisa Harris’s Nikki Boyd Files
series. Throughout the series Nikki and her colleagues in the Tennessee Bureau
of Investigation solved missing persons cases, but they were never able to
solve the abduction of Nikki’s sister, Sarah. In Vanishing Point we finally find out who was behind the abduction
and whether or not Sarah, whose body had never been found, is alive or not. The
story actually begins prior to Sarah’s going missing, with the third victim of
the Angel Abductor. It ends over a decade later with the families,
investigators, and Harris’s readers finally getting closure.
New characters
are introduced in Vanishing Point,
among them is Special Agent Garrett Addison of the Tennessee Bureau of
Investigation and Jordan Lambert with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Garrett and Jordan had once been close while enrolled in the Police Academy,
but their careers had led them in different directions. Now, working closely
together on the Angel Abductor case, might the sparks that were once there be
rekindled, or have they grown cold?
The major theme
in this book revolves around the classic question of why God allows bad things
to happen. How does one’s faith survive when God doesn’t seem to be present?
Parents reeling with the fact that their daughters will not be coming home, and
investigators who see the dark side of humanity almost daily feel cause to cry
out, “God, where are You?” This is a question many we have read of in the Bible
have asked, and it is a question many of us have asked as well. Harris handles this question with care, not
offering flip answers, but allowing her character, Jordan, to really articulate
a thoughtful response.
I thank NetGalley
and the Baker Publishing Group for providing me with a copy of Vanishing Point in exchange for an
honest review. I received no monetary compensation for providing this review.
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