Girl in Trouble

Stacy Claflin

Feb 2017 · An Alex Mercer Thriller Book 1 · Stacy Claflin

4.5

422 reviews

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Series Complete: Binge read today!

He gave up his daughter years ago, but now he’ll risk his life to save hers.

Alex Mercer is no stranger to kidnappings. The emotional scars still run deep from his sister’s disappearance years earlier. His daughter Ariana remains safe long after her adoption, and he cherishes the few times a year he gets to see her. The joy is palpable when he takes her on their first one-on-one outing. At least until he pauses to answer a text and Ariana disappears…

Wracked with guilt and determined to find answers, Alex teams up with an unlikely ally at the police department. As the clues reveal a pattern of missing girls, the kidnapping case becomes a race against time to save Ariana. What cost is Alex willing to pay to keep his daughter alive?

Girl in Trouble is the first book in a series of thrilling stand-alone novels spun off from the USA Today bestselling Gone Trilogy. If you like heart-pounding suspense, page-turning action, and characters you’ll never forget, then you’ll love Stacy Claflin’s engrossing series.

Read Girl in Trouble today!

THE COMPLETE ALEX MERCER SERIES:

Girl in Trouble

Turn Back Time

Little Lies

Against All Odds

Don’t Forget Me

Tainted Love

Take On Me

Danger Zone

Lady in Red

White Wedding

Careless Whisper

Never Surrender

SIDE STORIES:

The Gone Trilogy

No Return

Dean's List

OTHER CLAFLIN THRILLERS:

The Brannon House Series

Lies Never Sleep

Dex

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE:

When Tomorrow Starts Without Me

The Only Things You Can Take

When You Start to Miss Me

Ratings and reviews

4.5

422 reviews

Fi. Pad

February 18, 2017

I was fortunate to receive an ARC of this book and loved it so voluntarily leave this review. I gave the book 5 stars because it literally grabs your attention from the get go and holds your attention all the way through to the very end. This is a very well thought out, planned & fast paced story. Almost all of the characters have key roles to keep the story flowing smoothly, they are easy to picture characters so when you get sucked into the story you know who you are with. The scene development is great especially the garish pink bedroom (someone must have been drunk when decorating that room). I love walking through the modern yet not property, that was pretty cool. Little Ari is a totally delightful every should have one kind of kid, you literally just fall in love with her, she is quite a clever little girl, well if you discount the fact that she went with someone she did not know. From first meeting her you will find it hard to put the book down because you just have to see what happens next constantly, especially with Ari's dad, poor bloke has had a busy time of it, he tired me out. I liked the various POV, it let us see what others were thinking. I can't really say more as don't want to add spoilers. This book could be read by/to many ages from YA readers to senior years.

37 people found this review helpful

Duduzile Mangqu

October 16, 2023

very nice I enjoyed reading every page it was like I was there.but don't quite understand the last part the twin part guess I have to go back again. thank you for such amazing story

Michele Douglas

April 14, 2017

Riveting, Suspenseful and Impossible to put down! I found this book riveting from the beginning. Stacey is great at describing each scene that she pulls you into the story. I felt that I was standing there watching everything happen. This book grabbed me from page one and I did not want to put it down. The story had many twists and turns. She keeps you on the edge of your seat through the entire story. She makes you understand how a killer can only kill once a year, and still be a serial killer. A very smart, conniving person who at times seems like a little boy lost in the past, but other times can be a stone-hard killer. He knows how to lure the children in by using the latest trend or game to entice the children away from the safety of their parents. I thought that the characters were very strong, especially Arianna. She quickly understood that to survive she had to play his game. She was not just a weak child who was clueless and sat in the corner in a fetal position waiting to die. She was smart, highly perceptive and understood whom she had to be to survive. She took on the role that was necessary and bided her time to make her run. This book proves that all it takes is a few seconds and your child can be lost to you forever. Really makes you re-think the idea of taking a text or a phone call when you are with your child as it can be a fatal mistake. This book was provided to me for an honest review

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About the author

Stacy Claflin is a USA Today bestselling author who writes about complex women overcoming incredible odds. Whether it's her Gone saga of psychological thrillers, her various paranormal romance tales, or her sweet romance series, Stacy's three-dimensional characters shine through.

Decades after she wrote her first stories on construction paper and years after typing on an inherited green screen computer that weighed half a ton, Stacy realized her dream of becoming a full-time bestselling author.

When she's not busy writing or educating her kids from home, Stacy enjoys watching TV shows like Supernatural, Pretty Little Liars, and Once Upon a Time.

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