Emerald Eyes — C.M. Swilley

Samantha and Amanda made their way from the beach and toward the street, laughing quietly at some of the tourists with new sunburns. Suddenly, a van pulled up alongside them. Two Hispanic males bolted from the doors; one roughly pushed Amanda to the ground while the other grabbed Samantha and placed a chloroform-soaked rag over her nose and mouth. Samantha was startled and breathed deeper, causing her to inhale the chloroform. The reaction of the drug was almost immediate; she felt the prick of a hypodermic needle into her right arm and then nothing at all. Three years after Samantha's Stanbrook's abduction, Jake Spencer, a retired law-enforcement officer, Mossad operative, and private detective, is hired by Samantha's mother, Amy Stanbrook, in a last-ditch effort after years of fruitless investigation to find where her daughter was taken and whom she was taken by.