The next girl Author Surname:Jean taciturn son of the victim

taciturn son of the victim and the unexpectedly captivating daughter of the main suspect

to stay out of other peoples' fights

and a tendency to kill first and ask questions later

it's the day of her 50th birthday when she discovers that she's been assigned lead on an investigation into corruption on a global scale

Where has she been

The next girl Author Surname:Jean taciturn son of the victimIt's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work. Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but alive. But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting? Chelsey