Love You More by Lisa Gardner 351 pages

Detective D. D. Warren is once again embroiled in a convoluted mystery involving murder, a missing child, gambling the mob and betrayal by fellow officers. D. D. is called in on her day off to lead the task force created to find a missing/abducted child and make sense of a man’s murder by his State Trooper wife. In typical Gardner style, the story is unraveled in layers. Things that are naturally assumed are untrue and old misdeeds resurface. “Love you more” are the last words Tessa Leoni hears from her husband as he dies in front of her. Did she pull the trigger? What happened to her 6-year old daughter? Where’s the money? How much was Tessa involved? The questions keep coming causing the investigation to veer into unexpected paths. I’ve always liked Gardner’s books because they have several layers to penetrate. It’s really hard to guess the ending until you are almost there.