Watch Where They Hide
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Tamron Hall
From Emmy Award winner Tamron Hall comes an edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring journalist Jordan Manning as she delves into the case of a mother in danger and uncovers a dangerous web of secrets that could lead right to the missing woman—or put Jordan in the crosshairs of her abductors. “With Jordan Manning, Tamron Hall has given us a smart, empathetic heroine to cheer on for years to come.” — Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling authorAfter dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can’t believe that her sister would ever willingly vanish without her children. But with limited support from the town’s police department or media resources, Shelly fears that Marla’s disappearance won’t get the attention it deserves, or worse, will go unsolved. So, several weeks after filing a missing person’s report, she reaches out to TV journalist Jordan Manning for help.After her investigative and reporting skills helped solve multiple murders, Jordan Manning’s career in the newsroom is on the rise. She has gained a reputation as more than your typical news reporter: a “fixer” with a vigilante edge, dogged and undeterred to seek the truth. But even with this new status, Jordan still feels pressure to prove herself as a young Black professional. When Shelly reaches out, she feels compelled to do all she can to find Marla. Jordan’s search twists and turns in ways she could never have imagined, illuminating scandals and secrets that place her own life in grave danger.
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Author
Tamron Hall
Pages
256
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2024-03-12
ISBN
0063037106 9780063037106
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"Not as suspenseful / ending wasn’t exciting "
Sarah A
"CW: references to DV/mental and emotional @buse, substance @buse<br/><br/>ARC courtesy of Goodreads giveaway. “Watch Where They Hide” is available now!<br/><br/>A slow read, but not bad once it got going.<br/><br/>Jordan Manning is an investigative reporter with a reputation for never letting a story get the best of her. When she’s contacted by a woman desperate to find her missing sister, Jordan’s not sure whether there’s really a story there or not. A potentially missing woman deserves to have all options exhausted, though, and Jordan agrees to take a look.<br/><br/>I wanted to really love this book. Instead, I’ve found myself putting off writing the review because I just don’t know where to start. There’s nothing wrong with the overall writing structure. Everything flows in an understandable, linear fashion from point A to point B with no confusing detours or distractions. The language is clear and direct, if not exactly concise. It’s the actual execution of the plot that posed a problem for me.<br/><br/>For a story that’s supposed to be about a high stakes thing (in this case, a potential kidnapping), there’s really no sense of urgency for the reader. There’s no pressure; it feels like you’re just moseying along waiting for information to pop up. And maybe that’s the point since the MC is a reporter and not a detective, but I much prefer there to be just a little bit of stress in these sorts of books. I found that I had absolutely nothing invested in the storyline. While I wouldn’t describe it as ‘boring,’ I would definitely call it ‘sedate.’ <br/><br/>If you like a book that focuses more on the human aspects of the individual characters (their motivations, their internal issues, and so on), you might really enjoy this story. If you want your thrillers to get your heart racing, to make you feel like there’s something really important on the line and you just *have* to discover what it is before it’s too late, this probably won’t be the book for you."
Bevin West
