Title: The Female of the Species - Andrea H. Japp - book
Summary :
Toni and Sarah Magnani, along with their 12-year-old daughter, Sophia, form a close-knit, uneventful family. Toni owns his own garage, is well-off, if not rich, and they live in one of Boston's quietest neighborhoods, surrounded by Italians who are eager to solve their problems without the help of the police. But one evening, Sophia doesn't come home from school. The Magnanis' world explodes. The police say they have to wait, that they're looking... Sarah, for her part, has no intention of waiting. Her little one has been harmed: she's the one who's going to look. And she has no doubt she'll find him.
The new thriller from one of our most talented crime queens, discovered with the COGNAC FESTIVAL CRIME NOVEL PRIZE in 1991 for THE BOSTONIAN.