Girls Lost

by A. Hardy Roper

Best friends, Akemi and Maria do everything together including lunch at school and Friday night sleepovers at each other’s home. But when they disappear following a school volleyball game, their world and everyone’s close to them, turns upside down.
Retired army intel officer, Parker McLeod, proprietor of The Garhole Bar on the far west end of Galveston Island only wants to mind his own business and stay out of other people’s way.
But when he learns one of the missing girls is the grand- daughter of his friend, Parker rolls into action. He teams with the feisty female detective of Galveston PD’s juvenile division. Knowing that every hour is critical, Parker and the detective race against the clock to find the girls.
As the search intensifies, Parker must deal with the girl’s grandfather who insists on running his own search. Parker is caught in the impossible task of juggling between the two and yet keeping focus on the prize, the safe return of the girls.

332 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 19, 2023

Reviews

[Marianne Citraro · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this book because it was by a local author and took place locally around Galveston and Houston. It also featured a local problem that I didn’t know much about. I liked being familiar with the areas described. I don’t normally read crime stories like this but I found it riveting and hard to put down.