Hide in Place, Emilya Naymark
Hide in Place, Emilya Naymark
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Hide in Place

Author: Emilya Naymark

Narrator: Cynthia Farrell

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2021

Synopsis

When NYPD undercover cop Laney Bird's cover is blown in a racketeering case against the Russian mob, she flees the city with her troubled son, Alfie. Now, three years later, she's found the perfect haven in Sylvan, a charming town in upstate New York. But then the unthinkable happens: her boy vanishes.Local law enforcement dismisses the thirteen-year-old as a runaway, but Laney knows better. Alfie would never abandon his special routines and the sanctuary of their home. Could he have been kidnappedor worse? As a February snowstorm rips through the region, Laney is forced to launch her own investigation, using every trick she learned in her years undercover.As she digs deeper into the disappearance, Laney learns that Alfie and a friend had been meeting with an older man who himself vanishedafter leaving a corpse in his garage. With dawning horror, Laney discovers that he was a confidential informant from a high-profile case she had handled in the past. Although he had never known her real identity, he knows it nowand that means several other enemies do too.Time is running out, and as Laney's search for her son grows more desperate, everything depends on how good a detective she really isbadge or no.

About Emilya Naymark

Emilya Naymark is an author whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and publications, including Secrets in the Water, River River Journal, and Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017. Being married to an NYPD undercover detective compelled her to create the character of Laney Bird, whose experiences are inspired by real events. When not writing, she works as a visual artist and reads massive quantities of thrillers and crime fiction. She lives with her family in the Hudson Valley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Theresa on October 19, 2020

3.5 stars Laney Bird had to quit her job as an undercover detective because her son has issues that require a parent to be around as much as possible—so she can go talk to the principle 54 times, for example. But when her almost 14-year-old son is kidnapped, she uses her detective skills to track him......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 26, 2021

A former NYPD undercover detective suddenly finds her son missing. Frantically, she searches the kids at the school and runs into trouble with privacy and the local cops. But she must dig deeper if she has any hope of finding her son, including into a botched drug deal from her past. All her detecti......more

Goodreads review by Nadene (Totally Addicted to Reading) on March 07, 2021

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.I had high expectations for this book. I jumped at the chance to read it after reading the synopsis. The story possessed enough to keep me entertained, but unfortun......more

Goodreads review by Kat (Katlovesbooks) on February 10, 2021

Hide In Place by Emilya Naymark is a touted as a psychological thriller. First, let me thank NetGalley, the publisher Crooked Lane Books,  and of course the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. My Synopsis:  (No major reveals, bu......more

Goodreads review by Linda on March 21, 2021

Laney Bird was once an undercover cop, working mostly to take down drug dealers in the Russian mafia. Three years ago, one of her cases went really sideways. She has always hoped that her real identity had never been made public. She retired at that time in order to take care of her then 10-year-old......more

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