‘Ransomed’ by M.A Hunter is a crime thriller that is the start of a new series that, if this book is anything to go by, will be a cracking one!

We meet Emma Hunter, an investigative journalist who has just released her first book, making her an author as well. Monsters Under The Bed, about abuse in ‘St Francis Home For Wayward Boys’. An older man approaches her, Lord Fitzhulme, to ask if she will help to find his six-year-old granddaughter Cassie Hilliard, who was abducted a year ago. The police think she is dead but her grandfather is determined to prove differently. Emma, after turning him down, eventually decides to agree to look at the police records of that time and soon ends up involved in the case. She only does this because the case is a reflection of her sister, Anna, who went missing twenty years ago and she was also six.

I picked up Ransomed and immediately I was dropped into Emma’s world. The pace was perfect for me and I really found Emma relatable and determined. The chapters alternate from the time Cassie was abducted to the present day, so we are treated to the tension rising from the start, making me not want to put this down for any length of time. I am glad that this book is the start of a series, as I really like Emma, a woman who only has one need in the world, to find her sister but it seems other issues get in the way. I would like to see what happens in future books for her.

Thanks to @rararesources and NetGalley for the book today for this review