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Vanished - The Prequel to Detective Ava Locke Series Kindle Edition

by Clara Lewis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 219 ratings
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How far would you go to save a life?

Homicide detective Ava Locke is good at what she does. But more importantly, she’s committed. An insomniac with a dark, yet blurry past, she works tirelessly to make the world a little bit better. But little does she know that everything is about to change.

When Ava’s Chief calls upon her and her partner Carl to take on an urgent case, Ava must go undercover to try and solve it. But she soon finds that there is more to the case than she had ever thought, and it begins to bring up some harrowing memories she was happier to forget...

As a dangerous and unstable man kidnaps girls from all over the city, Ava and Carl are in a race against time, not only to save the lives of the missing girls, but of Ava herself.

Author Clara Lewis offers an enthralling and thrilling detective story in, “Vanished”. With a female detective as the lead in this captivating short story, audiences will enjoy the refreshing and tantalizing storyline, and readers will find this book lingering in their minds well beyond the last page. For fans of fast-paced, whip-smart detective stories, this is a novella you won’t want to miss.
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    81 pages
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  4. Publication date
    May 7, 2021
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B094G6G9GV
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (May 7, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 7, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1975 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 81 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 219 ratings

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Clara Lewis

Clara Lewis

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Author Clara Lewis has always been an avid fan of mysteries. As a child, she devoured the “Nancy Drew” and “Hardy Boys” series’s, which inspired her desire to write her own mystery thrillers. Though Clara’s journey took her in several different directions, she eventually published her debut series early in 2021.

Besides spending her time creating vast worlds and convoluted mysteries for her readers to divulge in, Lewis spends her time at her home in Portland, Oregon. As a mother and wife, she wears many hats, and can often be found baking and crocheting.

Lewis always had a passion for creating, and she wants nothing more than to provide the same thrills she loves to her readers. She loves to read (and smell) books just as much as she loves to write them! She has several projects in the works, and can’t wait to share them with her audience.

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Official website: https://claralewis.com

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GH
5.0 out of 5 stars Vanished
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2023
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Ava Locke is a police officer and girls are missing so she decided to try and find them and discovered the kidnapper is a policeman he almost kills her and she lost her memory This is a good prequel and well written
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Rabid Reader
4.0 out of 5 stars Disappearing Clues
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2022
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Detective Ava Locke is a go-getter in a station of do-nothing detectives. When she walks in to work early Monday morning, she finds only an empty room and desks piled high with unsolved cases.

Wandering over to detective Murphy's desk, she spots the tell tale shininess of a new case folder. Knowing that Murphy hasn't laid eyes on it yet, she grabs it and goes to her desk to read the file.

After the precinct fills up, Ava is deep into the case note and doesn't hear Murphy slid up behind her and grab the file, scaring her badly. They both laugh and wrangle over the case. Murphy finally agreed to swap it for another case she has.

Suddenly, Ava and Carl, her partner, are called into the Chief's office. He assigns them an urgent matter concerning a series of missing girls. Ava decides that the only way they'll get anywhere, is if she goes undercover. The Chief expressly forbids her, but after pursuing their only witness and finding him bloody, bruised and terrified in the park, she goes ahead with her plan to try luring the kidnapper by herself.

This is where circumstances get frightening. Ava's life is on the line and no one knows where she is. She recognizes the kidnapper too late to help herself or the other girls.

What I liked about the ending was that there were so many possible outcomes, I was kept guessing until the close of the book. And, even better, there is still a HUGE issue unresolved and now I'll have to read the next book in the series. Great start.
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Cathaynes
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic start of a new series
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021
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Vanished
Detective Ava Locke (Prequel)
by Clara Lewis

Vanished is the prequel to the Detective Ava Locke series, a well-written and engaging introduction to the Ava Locke series. A fast-paced short story with surprising twists and turns. The characters are well-written, strong, clever, and intriguing, only adds to the storyline. Readers will have a tough time putting this prequel down and may even rush into the rest of the series, which I look forward to reading.

Clara Lewis is an amazing author, with a talent for engaging the readers from the very start of the book. I love this author and look forward to reading more of her work. These are my own personal thought and feelings about this author and the prequel to a new series. Both receiving 5-star rating.
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Bonnye Reed Fry
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting protagonists
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2022
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Vanished is a prequel to a police procedural series centered on policewoman Ava Locke in a mid-sized city called Valenworth. I had the vague impression that this city is in the northeastern to Mideastern US. I really missed the traveling effect that a strongly identified background can give us. There is no sense of time or place, and though the story is well-scripted, there are several glaring mistakes involving police procedures that gave me pause. On the other hand, I like what she did with the covers on this series - a woman weaving her way through the canyons of downtown. Same cover on all of the series, with titles in different colors.

All that aside, I look forward to reading one of Clara Lewis' actual novels. As this is an ARC, I am hoping it was simply overlooked during editing.
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Ellen Oceanside
4.0 out of 5 stars Risking her life to save the girls
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2021
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Ava is the one that takes the hard cases and gets results. Her partner Carl is ready to retire with his knew problem, always has Ava’s back.
A drunk tells of a missing girl, she didn’t want to go, but forced her into the van. The chief gave her this folder empty for no witnesses. Deciding to go undercover and find out about the four girls, if even alive. She doesn’t keep quiet and always thinking how to get out, and how did they know who she was Good beginning to series
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Karen Semones
5.0 out of 5 stars Vanished
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2022
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I liked this story about Detective Ava Locke. She is a wonderful character and is strong willed. I highly recommend this thrilling story of how she solved a case before the FBI could move in and take it away from her. It does end in a cliffhanger when her injuries caused amnesia and she gets a new partner. It is an exciting thriller so makes me want to continue the series. I received an ARC and this is my voluntary and honest review.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Confusing
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2023
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Read the book until the scene where the bad guy's vehicle was described as a van, a car and a truck. I stopped reading then.
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PAR
5.0 out of 5 stars A thrilling novel!
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2021
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I am always thrilled to read another novel by Clara Lewis. The way she writes is captivating from the beginning and you just want to keep reading and reading and not stop. It is both descriptive and has great world building (important for a fantasy) but also is interesting filled with mystery/suspense throughout so that you aren't bored (you can tell there's more to the story than we know). I was reading as fast as I could (especially toward the end), and even though it's a pretty long book, I was disappointed when it was over. I wanted more!! But the ending is amazing as is the rest of the book and totally throws you for a twist. I received the novel through StoryOrigin. This review is honest and my own opinion
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Franny
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in France on February 13, 2022
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Great story, fast paced and punchy. I really want to know if Ava will make it. Getting the next story fast.
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Purrrplehaze
4.0 out of 5 stars Twists and Turns
Reviewed in Canada on July 5, 2021
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A police detective with an attitude and a chip on her shoulder lands in hot water.

Has she finally gone to far? Will she, and those she's trying to free get out? WHO IS HE??

Cliffhanger!...

Looking forward to the conclusion of this story..

I received an ARC of this book from the author and I am giving you my honest opinion.
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