Not to be confused with “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis, FBI thriller “Blind Side” by Catherine Coulter features the married FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock as they try to follow the confusing kidnapping of their surrogate nephew, six-year-old Sam Kettering, and try to track down a serial killer in Washington D.C.. Miles, Sam’s single father, is an ex-FBI agent who knows too well what could happen to a kidnapped child.

When she is taken to Jessborough, Tennessee, Sam manages to save himself and literally run into the local sheriff Katie Benedict. Katie takes him into her care and alerts Savich and Sherlock as well as Miles. Within hours, Miles, Savich and Sherlock arrive in Jessborough. Katie’s daughter Keely connects with Sam immediately and they become inseparable for the remainder of the investigation. Due to this bond, Katie invites Sam and Miles to stay at her place.

After the house is asleep for the night, the kidnappers come back for a second attempt to take Sam. A battle ensues in which Katie successfully kills both kidnappers, and learns as the second dies that he was working for someone else.

Although the kidnappers were killed, the case of Sam’s kidnapping is far from over. The investigation leads to Reverend Sooner McCamy, his wife Elsbeth and their church, The Sinful Children of God.

The remainder of the novel follows the strange religion behind The Sinful Children of God and its tie to Sam. While trying to find a crazed killer in D.C., Savich and Sherlock maintain their fairytale marriage as Miles and Katie whirlwind romance takes way.

The question remains; Why kidnap Sam, a small boy from Colfax, Virginia with no ties to Tennessee?

For those students who are parents, and others who enjoy a good mystery, this is a quick worthwhile read that effectively describes the emotional trauma associated with a missing child in the context of an unpredictable FBI case.