On an ordinary morning, Maria Colson takes her baby son Dylan to the corner store. She turns her back for only a few seconds. When she looks again, she sees his empty stroller, as Dylan is being abducted into a waiting van. Maria climbs into the van, but is violently thrown to the road where she is left for dead as the vehicle vanishes without a trace.
As Maria fights for her life and her … her anguished young husband keeps a beside vigil, the FBI and police across metro Sea-Tac and Washington State search for Dylan.
Seattle Mirror reporter Jason Wade is under pressure to bring in a big story, and the Colson kidnapping could be it. It’s certainly a bizarre case with pieces that just don’t add up: The Colsons are a hard-working couple. Former high school sweethearts. No problems. No enemies.
Then Jason and his dad, a private detective haunted by his former life as a cop, discover a grisly murder of a young woman that is somehow connected to the Colsons.
Now, in a dark Seattle underground of desperate dreamers and ex-convicts, Jason embarks on an investigation that parallels one led by Homicide Detective Grace Garner.
They’re both hunting for the one piece of the puzzle that connects the baby’s disappearance with a spine-tingling case of revenge. And time is running out, because whoever took little Dylan Colson is more dangerous than anyone could ever imagine.
With Every Fear, Rick Mofina takes suspense to a whole new level in a heart-pounding story that moves like a true crime case torn from today’s headlines.
Rick Mofina is a former journalist who has interviewed murderers on death row, flown over L.A. with the LAPD and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic. He’s also reported from the Caribbean, Africa and Kuwait’s border with Iraq. His books have been published in nearly 30 countries, including an illegal translation produced in Iran.
His work has been praised by James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, Sandra Brown, James Rollins, Brad Thor, Nick Stone, David Morrell, Allison Brennan, Heather Graham, Linwood Barclay, Peter Robinson, Håkan Nesser and Kay Hooper.
The Crime Writers of Canada, The International Thriller Writers and The Private Eye Writers of America have listed his titles among the best in crime fiction. As a two-time winner of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Award, a three-time Thriller Award finalist and a two-time Shamus Award finalist, the Library Journal calls him, “One of the best thriller writers in the business.”
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Rick Mofina is a great writer. I’ve loved every book of his I’ve read. Really intense!
Excellent book. Fascinating right to the end. Loved it.
From the first page to the last I didnt want to put it down Sp dinners were bit late some nights
I enjoyed this author and will read more from him. Enjoyed his writing, characters and compelling story. Not predictable with various twists and turns which kept me entranced.
Like this author
Totally engrossing
Kept my interest the entire time – kept twisting.
Parents tried for years and finally have their son Dylan. Only one day, their baby is grabbed right out if his stroller and his mom is run over as she tries to rescue him.
The horror of the abduction and near death of the mother, Maria is played out in the news with reporter Jason doing his best to find out the truth. The husband Lee is confused, horrified that his son is missing and worried his wife might not survive.
Grace is a cop, a good one, looking into the abduction of Dylan and trying her best. But evidence comes to light that puts both parents under suspicion and you feel deeply for the father Lee as he tries to protect his wife and keep the pressure on the police to find his son.
This is a page turner, intense, and the tension feels real as does the way the police investigate. The media focus and the pressure on the reporter and his skills at finding things out is also put on display. This author shows his skills, developes people that jump off the page and keep you reading. You turn each page hoping for the best, but worried that this won’t end well.
This is a cliff hanger of a book. You care about the parents and the baby Dylan….the author makes you care.
Not his usual great story.
Every Fear is about a good reporter and a good detective investigating the case of an abducted seven month old baby by any means necessary. Seattle Homicide Detective Grace Garner has free rain to interview and research with no restrictions. While Jason Wade, as a reporter, is limited to what the detective chooses to share unless he can get the information before her.
The police department and FBI are working together to solve the homicide and abduction case. It’s every family’s worse fear to have their baby kidnapped while the father is left to fend for himself against reporters and detectives.
Lee William Colson is a tow truck driver whose wife is in critical condition at the hospital. Detectives and the FBI are stationed in his home interrogating him hoping to get a break in the case. The FBI is following protocol on this investigation pushing every angle and asking every question.
This is my first read by Rick Mofina. Every Fear is a slow progressing procedural investigation. The title and cover caught my eye. The concept seemed promising with an intense sense of fear for both the mother and baby. The clock is ticking on this case. It’s a formulaic read.
Rick Mofina wrote a compelling story. The story is written well. Every Fear is a character procedural driven story with details and backstories of each character introduced. A determined journalist willing to source out his amateur detective skills with official validation of truth from Detective Grace Gardner. With Jason under a deadline to produce headline news time is of the essence creating an intense drama filled investigation. Grace’s job is to gather evidence to build a case. Jason’s job is to report the truth. Both essentially want the same thing but go about delivering the truth differently. This story called upon every type of specialist to assist with the case.
Every Fear is book 2 in the Jason Wade trilogy. Jason Wade is a journalist for the Mirror newspaper.
Another good book from Rick Mofina. I really liked it except for the swearing now & then – I detest that.
I really liked this book. The characters were good. The book moved along and was action packed.
Excellent pacing. Great characterization. Once you start reading you won’t want to put it down. Some great twists.
This was a “sit by the pool” and finish in just a few hours book. I really enjoyed it.
Five stars
Just a great book to read
I really like Rick Mofina’s books!
This man writes excellent books. I have yet to read one that I have not enjoyed. All
are 5.
Great weaving of characters into an action packed plot.
Rick, another one out-of -the-ball-park!!!