Brooke's Pick: The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day

When something tragic happens in our lives, some people try to push away the memories, while others run toward them. Alice was kidnapped as a child, but was luckily rescued by her policeman father within twenty-four hours of being taken. She now spends her free time helping solve the mysteries of missing persons on a website called The Doe Pages, where she attempts to identify those who have vanished into thin air and reconnect them with their families. But what happens when the very man who kidnapped her appears on The Doe Pages as a missing person? Alice is determined to track him down and solve the mystery of her childhood kidnapping at all costs.

Lori Rader-Day's The Lucky One is a good, not great, suspense thriller. This book contains all of the elements that will keep any fan of the genre happy - an intricately-plotted mystery, layered backstories, a plot twist ending - but it ran a little too slow and clunky for my personal tastes. There is a lot going on in this story of missing memories and shady dealings, and I therefore believe it would benefit either from a faster pace or a more streamlined plot. The slower pace and complicated storyline made it difficult to maintain my focus and stay invested in the plot. On the other hand, Rader-Day builds interest in The Lucky One by weaving together the lives of two different women who are mysteriously connected to the same questionable man. I was compelled to keep reading just to find out how the storylines of the women tie together in the end.

Read The Lucky One if you are looking for a solid suspenseful read.

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 Rating: *** Stars (I liked it)
 Reviewer: Brooke, Public Relations Librarian

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GENRE: Psychological Suspense; Thrillers and Suspense
 CHARACTER: Authentic; Strong Female; Sympathetic
 STORYLINE: Intricately Plotted
 PACE: Fast-Paced
 TONE: Haunting
 SUBJECTS: Adult Children of Police; Anonymous Persons; Father Figures; Internet Searching; Kidnapping Victims; Missing Persons; Murder Victims; Photographs; Secret Identity; Secrets; Women

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