TheVanishingPoint

StephanieHarkeristravellingthroughsecurityatO'Hareairportwithfive-year-oldJimmy.Butinamoment,everythingchanges.Indisbelief,Stephaniewatchesasauniformedagentleadsherboyaway-andshe'sstucktheothersideofthegates,hystericalwithworry.Theauthorities,unawareofJimmy'sexistence,justseeawomanbehavingerratically;Stephanieiswrestledtothegroundandblastedwithatasergun.Bythetimeshecantellthemwhathashappened,Jimmyislonggone.ButasStephanietellsherstorytotheFBI,itbecomesclearthateverythingisnotasitseems.Therearemanypotentialsuspectsforthisabduction.Withtimerapidlyrunningout,howcanStephaniegethimback?Abreathtakinglyrichandgrippingpsychologicalthriller,TheVanishingPointisValMcDermid'smostaccomplishedstandalonenoveltodate,aworkofhauntingbrilliance.