The Night Stalker

by: James Swain

Published by: Ballantine

Reviewed by Bob Pike CSP, CPAE-Speakers Hall of Fame

James Swain’s latest book is fast paced and riveting, with more twists than a roller coaster–just what you’d expect from him.

Abb Grimes spent twelve years on death row for murdering eighteen women that had gone missing. Jack Carpenter helped put him there. And now Abb Grimes needs help. His grandson has been abducted and he wants Carpenter to find him. And Carpenter is good at finding missing people, especially children. He should be. He was head of the Broward County missing persons unit until he lost it with a suspect. Then he resigned in disgrace before he was fired.

He now makes his living consulting with various law enforcement groups on their missing persons cases. So Carpenter takes this case on, with only four days to solve it. Except that the guy who took his job at Broward doesn’t want him on the case. The FBI has already decided who the perpetrator is and is looking at him–to the exclusion of all else. And Carpenter is convinced they are both wrong.

But for Carpenter it’s not about the law or procedure–it’s about the missing child, and he won’t stop until the child’s back in his mother’s arms. Through the worst neighborhoods of Broward and with the help of people who believe in Carpenter and his methods, Jack battles bullies, drug dealers, and bad cops to get to the truth–and find the boy before it is too late.

Armchair Interviews says: A must read.

Author’s Web site: http://www.JimSwain.com