In Seattle, they're calling him The Pied Piper - someone who comes in the night and takes children away. To newly promoted police lieutenant Lou Boldt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews, it's clear this isn't about a single lunatic or random kidnappings: these crimes are well orchestrated, well executed, and, most chilling of all, occurring in cities across the country.

Boldt is the first to establish that behind the kidnappings is a well-financed and brilliantly planned network, and his investigation soon attracts the FBI, which also brings heavy manpower - and political competition - that Boldt fears could slow them down until the trail runs dry. As long as the kidnappings continue, there may be a chance of getting the children back alive. Or is it already too late?

Dale Hull's warm, slightly gruff tones complement this tense thriller about Seattle Police Detective Lou Boldt's search for a serial kidnapper who moves from city to city without capture. The apparently motiveless kidnappings are terrifying parents of young children, and, as the search intensifies, Boldt is drawn into the center--as a victim. Hull adeptly handles the emotions of the police, the parents, and the children, and subtly establishes vocal personalities for the varied cast of characters. His ability to switch mood and move the narrative through the fast paces required by the story keeps the listener as invested as Boldt in solving the puzzle. M.A.M. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

 

Ridley Pearson is the award-winning coauthor, along with Dave Barry, of Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, and Peter and the Secret of Rundoon. He has also written more than twenty best-selling novels, including Killer Weekend, and the young-adult fantasy The Kingdom Keepers. He was the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler/Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction at Oxford University.

The Pied Piper by Ridley Pearson
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