Every Waking Hour: A Mystery

The fourth book in the Ellery Hathaway series is just as riveting as the first three and can be read as a standalone. In this book, a child is missing and Ellery and her partner Dorie are engaged to find her. Agent Reed Markham, the agent who rescued Ellery when she was kidnapped, is on the case and is also working on his relationship with Ellery. The whole relationship thing is complicated because Reed has his daughter Tori with him in town and a very irate wife who wants nothing more than for Reed to stay away from Ellery since she seems to attract trouble. The plot about the missing child seemed to almost take second stage to the dynamics happening between the characters, but that was fine with me because the whole book was highly entertaining. Ellery has to use her intuition to find Chloe and follows her instincts in spite of the uphill battle that she has to fight to get people to listen to her. I highly recommend this book to fans of police procedurals, thrillers and suspense with just a tad of romance. Disclaimer Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own.