The Innocent: A Vanessa Michael Munroe Novel

Taylor Stevens

Dec 2011 · Vanessa Michael Munroe Book 2 · Sold by Crown

About this ebook

Vanessa Michael Munroe—the fearless heroine of the New York Times bestseller The Informationist—returns in a gripping new thriller.

Eight years ago, five-year old Hannah was spirited out of school and into the closed world of a cult known as The Chosen. Ever since, followers of its leader have hidden the child and shielded her abductor. Now, childhood survivors of The Chosen who have escaped to make a life for themselves on the outside know here to find Hannah and turn to Vanessa Michael Munroe for help. Munroe reluctantly takes the job, and travels to Buenos Aires to infiltrate the cult and save the girl. Inducted in to a world unlike anything she has faced before, Munroe must navigate unpredictable members and their dangerous cohorts, the impatient survivors who hired her, and the struggle against her own increasingly violent nature so she can rescue the child before the window of opportunity closes and Hannah is lost forever.

Now with an excerpt from the latest Vanessa Michael Munroe novel, The Catch

Ratings and reviews

Vanessa Michael Munroe is an assassin who has nightmares about her past. She knows her capabilities and when her best friend asks for her help, she can't refuse. Her friend, Logan, explains that eight years ago, his friend, Charity's daughter, Hannah, was abducted from her school and taken across the Mexican border to a cult known as The Chosen. Hannah was age five at the time and other members of the group who have escaped ask Munroe if she'll rescue her. These people had been childhood members of The Chosen and tell Munroe some of the things that go on there, then inform her that they know where Hannah is located. Munore poses as a donor and gains entery into one of the group homes. As she sees the children, she understands how difficult it will be to rescue Hannah if she has been brainwashed and is unwilling to leave. We understand tht the children have been instructed by The Cult that outsiders will lie and the outside world is corrupt. Unfortunately, in this day when young people are being abused by people in authority, we see how naive children can be. The book is disquieting at times when we see the vulnerability of children but it is still a wonderfully evocative novel that will remain in the reader's mind with the thoughts of the missing and lost children.

I read the informationonist and fell in love . I couldn't put it down. So of course I had to read the innocent! Unfortunately, I did not find it as well written as the first. It moved a little slower, characters not quite true to form. Still a good book. And plan on reading the next

Great read, entertaining and suspenseful. I haven't read the Informationist and now i must!

About the author

TAYLOR STEVENS is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Catch, The Doll, and The Informationist, all featuring Vanessa Michael Munroe. Her novels have received critical acclaim, have been published in twenty languages, and The Informationist has been optioned for film by James Cameron's production company, Lightstorm Entertainment. Raised in communes across the globe and denied an education beyond the sixth grade, Stevens broke free of the Children of God and now lives in Texas, where she is currently at work on the next Munroe adventure.