Happy first Friday of 2025! I am celebrating with the first First Line Friday post of 2025 as well. My go-to genre is suspense, so what better way to begin a new year than with Hidden in The Night, the final book in the Missing in Alaska series by Elizabeth Goddard. I met Elizabeth for the first time in person last November while at the Reading Rendezvous in Chicago. What a treat! And what a treat to read this book!
Here’s the first line:
Get in, get out … a blizzard’s coming.
At the behest of her ailing mother, former FBI special agent turned rare-book collector Ivy Elliott arrives in Alaska to secure an unpublished Jack London manuscript kept secreted away for decades. But when she arrives, she learns the manuscript is gone–taken by the granddaughter of the woman who possessed it. Ivy sets off in pursuit, not just to save the manuscript but to save the vulnerable girl, who was previously trafficked and has no idea what she’s getting herself into.
Joining forces with Alaska State Trooper Nolan Long, Ivy must battle a blizzard, sabotage, and the worst of an Alaskan winter as the search goes on. But every answer they find only raises more questions–and the danger to their lives and to the missing girl may only be the tip of the iceberg.
Don’t miss this breathtaking race for truth set amid the glorious–and deadly–Glacier Bay from USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Goddard.
Thank you, Beckie!! It was wonderful to meet you too. 🙂
I hope we can meet in person again!
This sounds like a book with a lot of potential. I bet there will be a chase in the snow, too. Ha!
I forgot to post my Friday56 post last night but it is up now. Check it out: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2025/01/review-book-of-doors-friday56-linkup.html