Moment of Opportunity

By Ken Morselander

Up until September, the biggest crime in the sleepy seaside town of Fernandina Beach might have been a car break in. The disappearance of a seven year old child from Central Park changed all that.
Mariana Sanchez simply went to the bathroom and vanished.
No screams of distress. No eyewitnesses. Detective Deborah Carsten knows that the majority of child abductions are custodial, but she does not believe that is true of this case. There are no ex-spouses and no family within a thousand miles of the park. Deb believes Mariana Sanchez to be an abduction. Her boss does not.
The newly appointed Chief of Police does not want the adverse publicity associated with a child abduction to reflect on the Fernandina Beach Police Force. "Ninety percent of all missing children show back up the same day." she says. Twenty four critical hours pass before Detective Carsten can generate an appropriate alert.
Counterterrorism consultant, Arianne Votel, returns home from a work trip to find that her business partner's godchild (Mariana Sanchez) has gone missing and that a Syrian terrorist group has put a price on her head. Is there a connection?
Two days later, that question is answered.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F99NV41F
• ISBN13: 9798284555941
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"