Watch Where They Hide

Reporter Jordan Manning returns to right the wrongs of Chicago in the second installment of Hall’s series (following As the Wicked Watch). This time Jordan crosses state lines to investigate the disappearance of an Indiana mother of two. When Shelly Biltmore contacts the Justice Jordan hotline, she sounds desperate and scared. Her sister, Marla, has vanished, leaving her two children at daycare. The police suspect Marla has simply left her life behind, but Shelly knows better. Jordan is intrigued by the case and her empathy for Marla convinces her to look deeper. There are unknown dangers and more questions than answers; is getting the headline worth the risk? The plot might strike some readers as cookie-cutter, the writing comes of as a bit amateur, and the chapter transitions chapters are clumsy, but Hall does a good job addressing issues of work/life balance and the pressures on working women.