Quite good!
It's set in Canada and, it seems with Canadian authors, they LOVE to give you lots of details about the path their car travels within a story ... as someone who has never been to that part of Canada it was kind of annoying ... but when they got to Saskatchewan I actually found myself saying "OMG! I think I've actually been on that highway!" and wondering if they were going to visit some of the cities I did when I visited Saskatchewan.

Either way, the story itself was very well written!
I'm going to keep the book because the mother in this story reminded me of my own mother -- she did not want children and often let me know that I was not wanted and she wished she could have run away. That's what I remember of my childhood -- my Mom telling me how much she wishes she could just leave and never look back. The mom in this book did just that.

I'm going to check my local library for other books written by this author. Quite good!

Adrianne ( )

This story flips back and forth in time constantly as it explores the reason why a woman left her family and later is murdered before she can reunite with them. ( )

#7 in the series (1995).
"It's been seven years since Maria Buscombe disappeared, leaving a cryptic note for her husband and daughter. Seven years of living in silence. Now the news comes home that Maria has been brutally murdered.
For RCMP Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg, the case pulls him away from thoughts of early retirement with the love of his life, Cassandra Mitchell. But Ahlberg knows he won't be able to rest until he pieces together the puzzle of Maria's past. Why had she left her family so abruptly? what were the secret circumstances of her childhood adoption? And who was stalking the troubled woman, and why?" - Seal jacket notes.
Compelling plot and characters - excellent. A great series. ( )