CARI MOSES 2 by Judith Tyler Hills

Cari Moses2: Mind the Cracks is a multi layered and emotionally charged relentless pursuit of evil are played out in the drama of a baby discovered at the site of her mother's murder. Following a childhood beset with deception and intrigue, Cari Moses, now in her teens, is beginning to unravel the mystery surrounding her birth and her upbringing. Meanwhile the convicted criminal responsible not only for the initial homicide leading to Cari's troubled life but for a series of obsessively driven killings, is plotting his daring escape from custody and the revenge he plans to inflict upon his own daughter who betrayed him to the authorities. However, life is not perpetually bleak and throughout the novel there are moments of hope and joy: Cari's birth father convinced even after so many years that his daughter is still alive - somewhere, the happy reunion of the killer's own daughter and his son, the power of friendship and an unexpected romance blossoming between this young man and the girl from the homeless refuge befriended by his sister. It is a fast moving dramatic story told in powerful short chapters with 'cliff -hanging' and sometimes unexpected endings.