Finders, Keepers - Hardcover

Barbara Nickolae

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0861889207 ISBN 13: 9780861889204

Publisher: Piatkus Books, 1989

Synopsis

A suspense thriller set in California. Shannon Buchanan, an itinerant artist, is accused of kidnapping a small child who is returned by the police to overjoyed parents. The police smugly close their files. But Investigator Phil Tewkes, intrigued by Shannon's protest of innocence, decides to check out her claim to the child she calls Mandy... The twist-filled trail Tewkes followsto uncover the truth about the kidnapping reveals deceptive appearances, corruption, and even murder.

About this title

From Library Journal:

California police accuse itinerant artist Shannon Buchanan of kidnapping young Mandy (a cute tyke who calls her mother Shannon), and before she knows it, they plop Shannon in jail and "reunite" Mandy with her anxious "real" parents. One good-hearted cop, though, who believes Shannon's story that Mandy is her daughter, starts investigating on his own, uncovers the truth, unmasks a murderer, saves the day, etc., etc. An overly simplified plot, then, and not without moments of hokum, but a harmlessly pleasant first novel.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

After he charges vagabond artist Shannon Buchanan with kidnapping and returns Shannon's "daughter" to the allegedly rightful parents, Inspector Phil Tewkes has second thoughts about the child's identity. "The twisting plot and seesaw incidents generate a suspense resolved in a rather facile fashion, given the terrible reality of lost or threatened children," said PW.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0861889207
• ISBN 13: 9780861889204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256