‘Gone In Seconds’ is a skilfully crafted police procedural from Ed James. The second book in the FBI Special Agent Max Carter series, with Tell Me Lies being the first. This book is set in Seattle and follows Max in his Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team role.

A child has been taken from his cot while his parents have been attending a party and his nanny was watching tv. The team are called in and Max has a feeling the family are not being totally transparent with them. The tension between the parents and the baby’s uncle is clear to see. The uncle ends up a person of interest and the digging the team have to do turns up all sorts of dodgy dealings and they discover that they have a fair few enemies. The family are apparent in their willingness to keep these secrets even if it makes searching for their son even harder.

An action-packed thriller that has so much going on, you want to keep reading until you literally need to sleep. Max and the team work diligently to uncover a conspiracy but then have to catch the person they know is involved, which brings its own difficulties.

I found it a fast-paced and entertaining thriller. I would definitely recommend if you enjoy high octane, fast, easy to read books that will keep you reading till the very end. A big thank you to Bookouture Books-On-Tour for letting me be a part of this Blog Tour and Netgalley for the copy of the book.