Book Review - Whatever It Takes by Paul Cleave

Title: Whatever It Takes
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Author: Paul Cleave
 
Description: When seven-year-old Alyssa is kidnapped, Deputy Noah harper decides he will do what ivt takes to find her – but that means crossing lines he can never come back from. Finding the girl safe, isn’t enough to stop Noah from losing his job, his wife, and from being kicked out of Acacia Pines. He’s told if he ever returns, he’ll be put in jail en left there to rot. Now, 12 years later, comes a phone call. Alyssa is missing again and her father wants him to honor the promise he made to her all those years earlier – that he would never let anything bad happen to her again. To find her, Noah is going to have to head back to the pines, and come face to face with the past…
 
Review: Former deputy sheriff Noah harper has lost everything he had. Searching for the missing young girl Alyssa Stone, he goes way overboard in interrogating a suspect. In the process, he mistreat the Sheriff’s son to elicit a confession from him. The discovery and rescue of the missing girl subsequently cannot prevent Noah from losing his job, his wife and his hometown.
 
Twelve years later, he receives a phone call that Alyssa is once again missing. He returns to Acacia Pines, the town where his roots lie and where really no one is waiting for his arrival.
 
The story is surprisingly multifaceted and features a number of residents of the fictional town of Acacia Pines. In addition to their own behaviors, the inhabitants also have their own motives. As a result, a story filled with violence and suspects. Clues are served alongside numerous twists that help us unravel what happened. It’s set in a small town, a great setting for a story like this. Author Paul Cleave describes it very well, you can easily picture it, even though it’s fictional. Noah has known all these people his whole life, but he doesn’t know who he can and cannot trust.
 
It was an enjoyable book, I liked the twists and the ending. I will definitely explore more of Paul Cleave’s backlist.
 
Rating: 4/ 5