Fifteen years ago, Martin Perry was just three houses away from home when he disappeared, without a trace. Scott Preston, a reporter from the Morning Herald, and Lieutenant Neil Slater, of the Vancouver Homicide Squad, team up to do some investigating. The people they speak with will surprise you. Clues will shock you, and the answers left unknown, for many years, will horrify you.

MONSTERS IN OUT MIDST by Karen Lewis will chill you to the bone. What an excellent suspense thriller to get lost in. This short story takes us through the cold case of a missing child for the last fifteen years. Marty Perry was only a few hundred feet from home when he vanishes, suddenly. Now, Scott Preston will spend his waking hours working with Lieutenant Slater on the most mystifying case of his career. I was so glad to see the characters return in this book for more adventures. I really like Scott and his ‘get it done’ attitude. He really cares about the boy in the case and it shows heart. I have a love-hate relationship with Slater, but that makes this story all the better. I was also excited to see Scott’s grandmother, Violet, and his two friends, Meg and Ben, back again. Once the case and the particulars are laid out in front of you, you can’t help but try to solve the mystery along with Scott. Every person questioned in this story has a little something to hide and you never know what it’s going to be. I found myself gaping and gasping a few times, through out the story. I was so eager to read more, I was able to finish the book, in a few short hours. Karen Lewis knows how to make sneaky characters, twisting clues and a dangerous plot that will keeps you guessing, even when you think it’s over. I have to tell you, I had no idea who the bad guy was. Every time a new character was introduced I was certain they were the perpetrator, but things just kept going farther and farther into left field. The fact that I had no idea what really was happening, kept me guessing, until the very end. You know, in most of the mystery books you read, you can guess who done it? Well in MONSTERS IN OUR MIDST I guessed wrong and the ending will give you the willies. I can’t wait to get my hands on more of Ms. Lewis’s work.