Gorillas that communicate in sign language aren’t exactly commonplace, so when Dr. Grace McKenna reluctantly hosts the first open house at her research center, half the town of Evansburg, Washington shows up to gawk. The next morning, Grace discovers that her worst nightmare has come true. All three apes—Gumu, Neema, and baby Kanoni—have vanished, leaving behind only one clue: a huge pool of … blood.
Grace is frantic. She hopes the apes have simply escaped into the nearby forests. If the press learns of her gorillas’ disappearance, the county will revoke her permit to keep the apes.
Detective Matthew Finn is sure that a criminal is at work. He risks his job for Grace by agreeing to keep the disappearance secret while doing his best to solve the crime. Has the maniac who murdered Grace’s first gorilla returned? Have Grace’s trusted staff members, who belong to the controversial Animal Rights Union, ‘liberated’ the apes? Or have exotic animal dealers stolen the valuable gorillas to sell on the illegal wildlife market?
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I’m not into the Neema books. Just don’t care for them and I find them tedious.
I loved the plot and the angst of everyone in this book
great book!
Intriguing
Loved hearing about the work with gorillas.
Interesting to learn about sign language progjct with gorillas
I did not finish this book.
Fun thinking like a gorilla……
Great story. If you love animals of all kinds. Read thiks book.
Second in series as good as the first
Great story!
This book reminds me of the little girl of nursery rhyme fame with the little curl right in the middle of her forehead: when it’s good, it’s very good. But when it’s bad, it can be, well, not exactly horrid but repetitive and annoying. The plot is a very good one and very engaging. Unfortunately, it periodically gets side-tracked by the main characters’ rehashing their same problems with each other or other characters. In some cases this comes across as excessive and immature. When this occurs, the plot often comes to a grinding halt and the temptation to skip pages overwhelming. Even the insertion of gorilla and other scientific data reads more like a cut-and-paste than material intended to move the story forward.
The most painful part of the book for me was a bang-up ending in which everything came together but was so rushed I had to wonder if the author was facing a word limit. Would that she had trimmed back some of that extraneous material instead.
i liked it so well i got more in the series. but at times it was toodark and graphic. as are all the books in the series.
This is a great story!! Who ‘d have thought of making enthralling and exciting stories about communicating apes???? Can HIGHLY recommend this!!!