A kidnapper hiding in plain sight.
A rural town with tons of suspects.
From debut author Cam Torrens comes a gut-wrenching suspense novel based on an actual missing person case.
A 911 call sends Search & Rescue on a search for a missing girl in the Collegiate Peaks. They find a child…but not the one they seek.
Air Force pilot Tyler Zahn's life disintegrated when he lost his son. He discarded his family, his career, and his dignity, finding solace in apathy and beer. Eight years later, armed with new confidence, he invites his estranged daughter, Daria, to visit his Rocky Mountain home. Zahn tries too hard to mend their relationship, and as the tension between father and daughter increases, forgiveness seems out of reach. Especially when his Search & Rescue work pulls him away from Daria and she finds romance at the church camp next door.
But Zahn can't get the missing girl he found—and the one he can't find—out of his mind. Someone in this mountain valley is collecting children, and Zahn is gradually drawn into the case while still trying to break through to his daughter.
Then she disappears too.
What did I think?
Wow! This book is absolutely fantastic! It's outstanding books like Stable that make me feel very grateful to be a book blogger as I might never have discovered it otherwise. I'm not sure how debut author Cam Torrens found me but I am delighted that he did.
I have to say that for a debut novel, the quality of writing is exceptional. I was drawn straight into the story and it felt so realistic, probably because it is inspired by a real missing person case. It always pulls at my heartstrings when children go missing as there is a lot of evil in the world so although it's distressing that the girls have been abducted, there is no gratuitous violence or graphic abuse in Stable.
Tyler Zahn is one heck of an interesting character and it was heartbreaking to see him try so hard to rebuild his relationship with his daughter, Daria. Tyler missed so much of Daria's life when he was stuck in his own spiral of grief after his son died, but Daria lost her brother too. Tyler wasn't there for Daria back then but when she is next to go missing, god help the person who has taken her as Tyler Zahn is coming for them.
Sublimely plotted and incredibly gripping with a blisteringly fast pace, Stable is one of the best thrillers I have read this year, and even more astonishing is the fact that it's a debut novel too. Getting hooked on the storyline is one thing but getting hooked by a character is another and it doesn't happen often but I am doubly hooked. I can't wait to read more Tyler Zahn novels and I can't recommend Stable highly enough. Don't miss this one, thriller fans!
Many thanks to Cam Torrens for sending me a digital ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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