Young Blood
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Maggie Wise, a retired homicide cop turned radio presenter, is asked to help the local police with the case of two missing girls.
Dr Oscar LeBlanc is close to a medical breakthrough to cure dementia and other degenerative diseases . . . but in order to succeed he needs to illegally obtain plasma from prepubescent children. He believes the ends justify the means and two young girls are abducted.
The disappearance of the girls causes a lockdown of the area and, when one of the girl’s parents prove uncooperative with the police, former homicide cop turned radio presenter Maggie Wise offers to help. Maggie quickly forms a connection with the family just as the girls are recovered.
LeBlanc is quickly suspected, but after he is questioned he’s found dead from an apparent suicide. However, the circumstances are suspicious and Maggie finds herself conflicted when the family become the prime suspects.
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Retired Cincinnati police officer Maggie Wise, the protagonist of this intriguing series launch from Fields (the Josie Gray mysteries), has relocated to Santa Cruz, Fla., after the death of her husband of 20 years. Maggie, who augments her pension by hosting a radio call-in show, drinks too much and trusts too little. When two prepubescent girls are abducted in two neighboring communities, the police ask Maggie to interview Kelly and Andre O'Neal, the parents of one of the victims. After little more than a day, the girls are found drugged but otherwise unharmed in secluded spots near their homes. Meanwhile, Oscar LeBlanc, "a hematologist specializing in age-related diseases," is found dead in his office, an apparent suicide. When evidence suggests foul play, suspicion falls on Andre, who believed LeBlanc was behind his daughter's abduction. Maggie has to prove Andre's innocence, despite Andre subsequently confessing to the murder. Fields delivers loads of entertaining twists, authentic characters, and shifting motives. Readers will be glad to see more of complex, savvy Maggie.
