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Finding Marie
By Susan Page Davis / Harvest House Publishers Boarding a plane in San Francisco, Marie Belanger is looking forward to flying home to Maine. But suddenly she’s on the run when a computer drive mysteriously appears in her luggage and a woman is murdered. Her husband, Peter, is scouring the country looking for her. Will he find her before the killer does? 350 pages, softcover from Harvest. |
Kelly’s Review:
Finding Marie is a suspense novel that is full of action and captivated my attention from the very first page. I didn’t realize that this is actually the second in a series by Susan Page Davis, but not knowing didn’t take away anything at all from this book. It captivated me and kept me wanting to read more with every page. I actually hated to put it down and walk away from it when I had to take breaks in reading. I don’t read a lot of action stories, but I should read more because I was thoroughly engrossed in this novel from start to finish.
The main storyline of Finding Marie revolves around Marie Belanger. She has left her beloved husband, Pierre, in Japan and is returning home to the U.S. with other Navy dependents. While on a layover in San Francisco, she witnesses the murder of another Navy wife named Jenna. Marie finds herself on the road from those that killed Jenna AND from an opposing group as well. Marie comes to realize that she has a computer flash drive that Jeanna had apparently planted in Marie’s belongings before she was killed. Marie has to rely on every resource she can come up with in order to survive and outmaneuver those who are seeking to catch and potentially kill her. Through her ordeal, she shows examples of faith, courage and wisdom in prayer. Once her husband finds out she is missing, he and his best friend, another Naval officer, return Stateside and join the NCIS, FBI and CIA in their search for Marie and manhunt for the killers.
This book is absolutely riveting. I felt myself tense up on several occasions and looked forward to breathing a sigh of relief whenever that time came. There were also times when I thought a sigh of relief was forthcoming and I had to keep white-knuckling through to get there. I enjoyed the pace, the timing and the suspense contained within the chapters. My interest level was kept high throughout the novel.
I would certainly recommend this one. Perhaps read the first novel in the series, Frasier Island first. As I said above, I didn’t read it first, but it’s next on my reading list. Wish I had read the series in sequence, but Finding Marie definitely stood on its own as an excellent novel. I look forward to a third installment and feel certain I will read more of Susan Page Davis in the future.