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And Then There Was One

Patricia Gussin
Oceanview Publishing (2010)
ISBN 9781933515816
Reviewed by Enid Grabiner for RebeccasReads (11/10)


Scott and Katie Monroe are a perfect bi-racial couple.  Both are accomplished professionals, well-liked and respected.  Blessed with identical triplet girls, they are the epitome of the perfect family. That is, until one day the girls go to the movies with an older cousin, Danielle.  Alex and Sammie want to see Star Wars but Jackie insists upon seeing The Night At the Museum.  Danielle goes with her and makes plans to meet the other girls right after the movies let out.  They never surface, and in a panic Danielle calls for help, hoping they have just wandered off.  It soon becomes apparent that there has been an abduction.

The police and FBI are called in and the search begins.  As time passes, the tension and fear mount.  Suspects begin to materialize – an old lover of Katie’s, a spurned business associate of Scott’s, and patients Katie saw acting in the capacity of a child forensic psychiatrist.  As chapters flash back from character to character, the reader is introduced to persons of interest.  Lots of possibilities and lots of red herrings provide an intense emotional roller coaster.

As the novel progresses we become privy to the reactions of the parents, the investigative force, and the triplets.  The emotional state of each is challenged as they deal with fear and guilt of abduction and child abuse.  The heart-pounding anxiety of the family is also palpable to the reader.   Themes of family support, survivor’s guilt, job impact on family life, bi-racial issues and child rearing are all sensitively and psychologically explored as the story unfolds into quite a thriller.