The next girl Author Surname:Jean taciturn son of the victim

taciturn son of the victim and the unexpectedly captivating daughter of the main suspect

Detective Nicki's instincts tell her this was no suicide - but someone has gone to a lot of trouble to make it look like one

Is it China's infamous state security agency

to stay out of other peoples' fights

Hans Falck

The next girl Author Surname:Jean taciturn son of the victimIt's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work. Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but alive. But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting? Chelsey