Missing by Adiva Geffen
Blurb:
They’re back…
Internationally
best-selling suspense master Adiva Geffen in going to launch you on a whirlwind
adventure with Israel's mostly hotly pursued private detectives. And this time
the good guys might not win.
How far will they go?
After finding
and securing Daria, a young runaway, Sammy and Dikla are left slack-jawed upon
discovering her dead body. Local police determine the case to be an
open-and-shut suicide, but a far more sinister plot is about to be uncovered.
Drama, Pain & Passion…
Follow these
never-say-die investigators down the rabbit-hole of heaven-sent cults and
con-artists as they attempt to reveal the truth once and for all, while
juggling raw, heated relationships and heart-pounding drama. Real-life,
down-to-earth dialogue will put you in the front row seat of a story that will
make the bath water go cold around you.
Review:
Israel is an enigma for
most of the world. A small oasis in the desert. Adiva Gaffen brings the story
set in the heart of Israel. Religious fanaticism and hunger for money is a
deadly cocktail. It a quagmire in which once you set foot it is very difficult to
get out. It can be dangerous even deadly. The talks of salvation, eternal
peace, bringing out inner happiness and eternal bliss are very lucrative. But when
it is for ulterior motives results are disastrous.
The story starts when
Daria who is staying with Dikla for one night jumps to her death from the
terrace. Dikla is distraught and feels guilty for her death. Sammy and Dikla
are two detectives which find it difficult to keep afloat. They are out of
cases and money. Sammy is old and can hardly move. Dikla is her hand and foot
in the field. Eve is Sammy’s classmate from school and she owes eve big time
due to some guilt trip. So when Eve’s daughter Daria goes missing Eve
approaches her to find Daria out. Eve is very secretive and makes it a point
that this should not be told to her husband. Also she needs daily update of the
progress. Dikla is very resourceful and finds out Daria. She is terrified and
depressed. Daria talks of salvation and eternal peace. When they inform Eve to
take her; she requests to keep Daria with them for one night. And then Daria
commits suicide after a mysterious pizza delivery boy comes to deliver pizza
and delivers a message about some eclipse and end of world. The case is closed
by police but Dikla is convinced of foul play. She keeps on digging and it
bring out some dark and horrible secrets.
I was hooked to the book from page one and kept
me hooked till end. It has plenty of humour which keeps proceedings light. Chemistry
between Sammy and Dikla is first rate and both understand each other perfectly.
The books moves at a brisk pace and there not a single dull moment. The suspense
is also good and layered. As I progressed in the many new revelations came to
light.
All in all a very good mystery. Some passages
which I liked are posted here:
1. I had to wait a good
hour (three cigarettes and two packages of Oreos, to be exact) for the two
childhood friends to finish rehashing all their sweet high school memories.
Then I got up and told Sammy that I had to leave because Bodernick was waiting
for us at the office to discuss “the project.”
2. Bodernick is a code
word we use. It means Get going with the investigation, you
pain-in-a-donkey’s-ass
3. “It’s true,” she said
after she hung up. “Daria doesn’t have a phone number. Eve says she’s against
cell phones. You were right, it’s some sort of stupid stance about radiation
and environmental pollution. Daria belongs to the lunatic tribe of landline
users.”
4. “I spent hours in the
preschool and didn’t hear a single kid crying or screaming. On the other hand,
I also didn’t see any of them laughing.”
5. But I’m loyal to my
tiny Kia, which at least gives me a one in a million chance of finding a
parking spot in Tel Aviv. With the giant Mrs. Ford, my chances of finding a
parking spot are as slim as the US Army’s chances of wiping out ISIS. But for
the sake of Sammy’s knee, I’d decided to accept my dad’s offer.
6. Shoshkowitz, right now
your guilty conscience is a misfiring engine that’s driving your mind off the
deep end.
7. I poured myself some
whiskey, my best friend at such moments. I drank a couple of glasses and waited
for the golden liquid to trickle into my system and melt some of my panic.
Recommendation and
rating:
I would recommend it to those who like to read a
humorous fast mystery. I give the book 4/ 5 stars.
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