Review: The Lost Daughter (Emily Slate #6) by Alex Sigmore

                                                           

Print Length: 256 pages

Publisher: Eric Warren Author, LLC (December 6, 2022) 

From Goodreads.com: “Don’t make me ask twice.”

After coming to terms with her husband’s death, Special FBI agent Emily Slate thought she’d finally be able to move on with her life. But when the assassin who has been hunting her shows up on her front door with a gun in her hand, Emily knows it’s far from over.

It seems the assassin has been betrayed by the same Organization who hired her, and must now rely on Emily to help her enact her revenge. But when Emily refuses, the assassin raises the stakes, putting Emily’s personal life in danger and giving her no choice but to comply.

In order to take down the Organization that’s been plaguing her the last eight months, Emily will need to track down the whereabouts of a US Representative’s missing daughter. If Emily can find her, then her captors will lead them back to the Organization and Emily will be done with this once and for all.

But Emily knows she can’t trust the woman who murdered her husband. And as the consequences of her actions begin to unfold, Emily will discover the Organization is a lot closer than she suspects.

And if she manages to catch up to them, she’ll be faced with an impossible choice.

Better hurry, Emily, before it’s too late.
For everyone.

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My Rating: 3 stars out of 5

This was a fast-pace novel that is sure to keep the reader glued to the pages. I really enjoyed seeing Emily both in and out of her element as she worked hard to put the pieces together and find a missing twelve-year-old girl before something heinous happens to her. What I mean by this is that she uses all of the resources at her disposal to do something she is being forced to do (or else Special Agent Coll may be the one to pay the price), however she isn't afraid to go off book on this one for the greater good. 

In fact, I was more upset at the way her superiors tried to rake her across the coals over her choice. And while I understand that she disobeyed direct orders from her superior officer, and in the process let go a member of the very organization she wanted to help the assassin dismantle, but I strongly agree with Emily's motivation that the safety and well-being of Representative Huxley's daughter should have taken priority over that. An old sick man can be found again, but once those horrors had been inflicted upon Avery, that is something she would have had to live with for the rest of her life. 

I will give potential readers a warning on this one though, the situation surrounding Avery is very DARK and DISTURBING. It deals with a child-kidnapping ring where the children are exploited by men in power. Thankfully, there were no scenes depicting such behavior, but some of the depictions of other things as well as just the thought of this is enough to be off-putting for a lot of people. 

One last thing I enjoyed was seeing her former in-laws get their comeuppance, even though I wish Emily could have gotten the answers she needs before then. 

I already have book #7 on my kindle, and will be diving into that one tonight, as despite my rocky love/hate relationship with this series, I did enjoy this one a lot and am hoping the next is just as good and the author doesn't slip back into their old habits.