Dear Reader,

It is said that the most painful experience a parent can endure is losing a child. The pain and anguish must be simply incalculable. But what happens when a child presumed gone forever returns suddenly with no explanation, no injuries and no recollection of where they’ve been?

In The Stolen, Henry Parker must face perhaps the most difficult, and most personal, story of his young career. Because when he investigates the sudden reappearance of ten-year-old Daniel Linwood, Henry soon realizes that despite the jubilation of Daniel’s parents, something far more sinister is beginning to take shape. And as Henry fights to uncover the truth, caught in the balance are a family, a community and several people who will stop at nothing to make sure those questions stay unanswered, and that Henry is silenced—permanently.

I hope as you read The Stolen, you might ask yourself the same question that drives Henry to find the truth: How far would you go to protect your loved ones?

Enjoy The Stolen…

Jason Pinter

January 2008