Finished: Before She Disappeared (Gardner) I think I've read every Lisa Gardner book. She captured me long ago with her books because she'd use some of the main characters over and over. Then, every so often, she creates a new main character, and this one is Frankie Elkins. Frankie is a middle-aged, white woman, sober alcoholic, with extreme baggage of her own. She's given up all her worldly possessions to travel the country and help to find missing persons. She's got no family attachments to hold her in any one place. Frankie scours the internet for cold cases...those that law enforcement have given up on. And, usually those who law enforcement would prefer NOT to have a civilian coming in and asking questions about. She reaches out to families of victims and lets them know she's not a journalist, a cop or a private investigator. She's just a woman who wants to bring home people who have been missing. She's brought home 14 people so far, many of them teens or children, but none of them have been alive. She's only been able to bring them home for closure for their families. Now, Frankie makes her way to Boston where a 15 year old Haitian immigrant has been missing for eleven months. Angelique had walked out of her high school one afternoon, and not been seen again. One minute she was on the cameras near the school, and the next, she had vanished. Frankie won't take no for an answer as she questions the police and talks to the family. She's determined this time to bring Angelique home alive. However..the more she finds out, the less time she has to save Angelique. Can she do it? I'm really liking this new character and think I may just pick up the most current Gardner book which happens to be another Frankie story. :-)