The Chase

A Novel

By: DiAnn Mills

Narrated by: Laurel Merlington

To the FBI, it's a cold case. To Kariss Walker, it's a hot idea that could either reshape or ruin her writing career. And it's a burning mission to revisit an event she can never forget. Five years ago, an unidentified little girl was found starved to death in the woods behind a Houston apartment complex. A TV news anchor at the time, Kariss reported on the terrifying case. Today, as a New York Times best-selling author, Kariss intends to turn the unsolved mystery into a suspense novel.

Enlisting the help of FBI Special Agent Tigo Harris, Kariss succeeds in getting the case reopened. But the search for the dead girl's missing mother yields a discovery that plunges the the partners into a witch's brew of danger. The old crime lives on in more ways than either of them could ever imagine. Will Kariss's pursuit of her dream as a writer carry a deadly price tag?

Drawing from a real-life cold case, best-selling novelist DiAnn Mills presents a taut collage of suspense, faith, and romance.

©2012 DiAnn Mills (P)2012 Zondervan

No Romance but very Christian

I am not fond of the romance part od this book. After all the adventures you would have thought they would have hugged or something! Nothing but friendship with thoughts of the other on occasion. Not for me. Listening to the next one now and just as bad! Good thing got these on sale.

Not as good as I hoped

Is there anything you would change about this book?

There is some character dialogue that is unbelievable. FBI agents who say things too basic for FBI discussion. Sounded naive.

What could DiAnn Mills have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

The book ends heavily steeped in

What does Laurel Merlington bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

She did a really good job with multiple voices and english and hispanic voicing. There was a character who was supposed to have a lisp that didn't sound like he had one, and its possible that Houston residents would have more drawl than she put in the characters, but that wasn't a problem. I had more issue with what was written than how it was delivered.

Did The Chase inspire you to do anything?

I won't be purchasing another of this author's books if they are all going to be tied to solutions from Jesus and return to faith for the faithless.

Great Story

What did you love best about The Chase?

Ms. Mills took an overused premise (author/or actor shadowing FBI) and turned it into a fantastic storyline with well developed characters. I enjoyed how she worked the theme of the need for God into the lives of people who felt they could wait until later, without the book becoming "preachy".

Occasional reader

I enjoyed this book immensely: the characters, the storyline and the suspense. I look forward to reading the next one in this series.

Filled With Action

Loved the boook. ..Great reader. Can't wait to listen to Book 2 in the series.

Great story high suspense

Loved the story and plot line. The characters were three dimensional and well developed. The only thing that was distracting was the narrator's mispronunciation of the word jaguar. It wouldn't have been quite so bad if the car wasn't mentioned so often. It isn't jag-you-are it's jag w+are. Also forte is an adopted French word and has that pronunciation. In the phrase, "It is not my forte," forte is pronounced for-tay not fort.

Good book

Looking forward to the next one now.
Good story once in it. I so appreciate that this author is a Christian.
Suspenseful, yet romantic. Nicely done story.
The names for some of the characters and groups were a bit annoying, or cheesy. But overall, I enjoyed this!
Good book. Well done.

Intriguing plot, subtle romance

Very interesting story, an eye opener when it comes to gangs and their violent lifestyles. Romance was amusing and not inappropriate for a Christian novel. Main characters had real life experiences and problems. A good read.

The Chase Is On

Wonderful story line and great characters. Narrator was great. I like it when the narrator is able to change their voice for each character.

Multi-level story

I struggled with this book. It is very violent Christian fiction and I am having a hard time with all of the violence and all of the prayer. Sigh. Oh, and I am a pastor. I am conflicted. I think the author needs to choose one or the other. And, learn not to write her main character with such poor judgment and stupid actions. I was smacking my head by the end. It began to seem as though this book falls in the satire genre also.