The Forgotten

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The Blurb:

A gripping crime thriller from a NY Times & USA Today best-selling author

Loki Redmond is positive her grandfather’s 100 acre farm in Mississippi will be the perfect place for Jake Savior to heal after the murder of his wife and his banishment from law enforcement before they begin their partnership in Redmond Private Investigations.

But fate has other plans.

The discovery of a month old baby and young girl with no memory of her name, running from a man she calls The Devil, plunges them into danger. Loki’s Native American connection to the spirits makes her a target for the delusions of a madman who is determined to kill her.

Tension continues to rise when a special unit of the FBI enters the case, and Jake is forced to decide what he believes in. Can he change the future seen by Special Agent Brian Wilkes, or is Loki destined to die?

My thoughts:

This is my first book by Linda Prather. I know, i know, don't all shout at me at once. I can't believe i haven't picked up any before now. I find myself saying this a lot lately, it makes me wonder what i actually did read before.

Back to this one. It is unique in it's very essence

as it combines two of my absolute favourite genres, crime and paranormal. Upon seeing this, i couldn't quite work out how that could be made possible and still be believable. Well, i needn't have worried as Linda does this exceptionally well.

For me, it wasn't just the type of story that was unusual but also the setting. Set in the heart of America, taking us back to the native Chocktaw indian territory with Loki and Jake. Loki is a Chocktaw indian with the gift of sensing spirits, seeing auras that sort of thing. Jake Savior is an ex policeman with a dark and upsetting past. Seeing and believing only those things that are solid and logical. He doesn't really have time for Lokis gift, regardless of his feelings towards her.

Whilst taking a spot of time out after suffering a personal tragedy, Jake Savior is walking in the woods near the homestead of Lokis' late grandfather, in Mississippi. He stumbles across a young girl and a baby. It's freezing cold, the girl is barely alive, Jake immediately takes her to safety. His instincts telling him that if the girl is there, in the middle of nowhere, there is going to be a bad reason as to why.

The FBI send out a small team led by Special Agent Brian Wilkes to help in the search for the man the girl was running from. The man she called The Devil.

The cast of characters is very well written. With the author giving you a back story for each one, so you start to understand more about them and why they are who they have become. I had a particular soft spot for the little girl who calls herself Grace. Grace is a resilient little girl, and if i'm honest, I'm not sure i'd have survived in the same position. I also liked meeting Dadron and Jules. Lokis' brothers. Extremely dependable and likeable people who i'd like on the end of a phone myself.

Loki is a wonderful personality. An extremely strong woman who is not afraid to stand up to the establishment and use her gifts as she sees fit.

Jake Savior. A strong quiet man, with a dark past that continues to haunt him to this day.

I really am excited about this whole series. I'm so looking forward to reading more from these two and see them develop as people and as a team.