The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

 This one had me guessing throughout the whole book! And while I got who was originally kidnapping them, I was clueless as to who wanted the girls. And the answer is sick and twisted! I had three or four suspects in mind but never the actual killer. The kidnapping of Nicole's cousin really messed her up. Enough for an online predator to attract her. Casey started this creepy club for people obsessed with kidnappings. To be initiated you have to agree to be kidnapped. Twisted right? Yet there were over twenty members! Megan was a girl everyone but Nicole loved because Nicole was jealous. Megan created a program to help middle school kids transition to high school. She also went to Africa to help Doctors Without Borders. She had a bright future & a guy who liked her. A point Nicole tried to exploit by trying to seduce the guy. Thank goodness he had a strong backbone. After joining the Capture Club Nicole got the idea to have Casey kidnap Megan as a prank. However, she had no idea what Casey really had in mind. I'm not going to ruin that surprise for you. No one saw Megan, Nicole, or Casey after that night. Until Megan escaped two weeks later. Unfortunately, she was drugged most of the time so she has no idea who took her. She goes to therapy & has her therapist write a book about her experience. But only because her family & everyone think if she does it's a sign she's recovering. She doesn't have the heart to tell her family that she will never be the same person again. I mean to me that would be obvious but her therapist even thinks it's possible. 

Fast forward to the present Livia, Nicole's sister has changed her medical degree to become a medical examiner. She keeps thinking she will see er sister's body come through at some point. Instead she finds a body of a homicide victim that she just can't stop asking questions about. She starts connecting the dots & finds several missing girls that have the same details but across different states. She starts investing this herself. And she ends up discovering a lot of similarities. Things really start to come together when she talks to a member of the Capture Club. He ends up being invaluable! He really should be a criminologist. Megan contacts Livia and they end up helping each other. Megan is trying to remember where she was first kept. When she figures it out they go investigate. When Megan sees the place she was kept she remembers who kept her there for two weeks before she escaped or was she let go? The end such a shocker!