Hannah's Hope

A young Amish mother appears on Mel and Dana's doorstep with her week-old baby running from secrets.

Hannah brings Katie and her newborn son, Jef, to the Crane doorstep in the middle of the night looking for help. Katie at seventeen-years-old has been shunned from her Amish community for having sex as they do not believe her claims of rape. She showed up at Hannah's door pregnant, alone, and knowing no one else from the Amish community living in the English world. Hannah and Katie grew up together so of course Hannah takes her in. It is not long though before Katie feels that her trouble has followed her there as she feels eyes on her and sees shadows outside the house. Afraid that the baby's father, her rapist, has followed her, Hannah brings her to Sheriff Mel Crane for help. Mel and Dana take her in and immediately start to see to her needs: where is she going to live, financial, school, and employment. It is during one of these excursions to set Katie up for assistance that she disappears while Hannah is watching the baby in the car. Sheriff Crane immediately sets up a search party not sure whether she is looking for a runaway teenage girl or something worse.

Anne Hagan brings a sad reality to Hannah's Hope which unfortunately echoes today's headlines. This story deals with multiple rapes, incest, teenage pregnancy, homelessness, and the predators who are looking for these young girls. I mention these subjects as they can be triggers for some people and I want to give readers a heads up. Hagan deals with everything factually and there are no deep emotional scenes regarding these events, but I felt it fair to warn everyone as a trigger can be anything. It is this detachment which enables you to process the mystery quickly and this is the first time we really do not know who the bad guy is right away which is really nice. At the same time Hagan also gives Dana a case from the Young agency which really tests the character which if you are handicapped (as I am), it is an illuminating moment. This book concentrates on the mystery of Katie and gives the character the respect the story should get by not distracting readers with other storylines as Hagan is known for writing a lot of different ideas which carry out into other books. I actually like this book more for that reason as Katie and everyone else affected deserves the attention to be just on them. It is my hope that you like this too.

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