Between Dark and Light

When a desperate woman walks through the door of ACL Investigative Services, P.I. Allison Hart grows reluctant after hearing her claim. She's not alone in that hesitation when her partners, Charlie Wells, and Lucy Boyce stand in disbelief.The woman, Tabitha Barnes, recounts the surreal event that transpired while she was under anesthesia only a week earlier for a routine operation. She sees her son, a young boy who had been kidnapped one year earlier, wandering a parking lot alone. She awakens and tries to convince her doctor what she saw was real. He believes it was nothing more than the concoction of sedatives in her system and a mother's grief.Allison is prepared to write off the claim as well, convinced the woman is still struggling with her son's disappearance. But when Tabitha produces evidence to suggest she could be telling the truth, Allison turns to her team to consider the request.The reluctant investigators agree to help. Nevertheless, when they present the evidence to the police, it is dismissed as having been reviewed before. The initial investigation had gone cold and the police had all but closed the case. If the police weren't going to continue their search, then it would be up to Allison and her team to help Tabitha find her son.Robin Mahle is pleased to present this third installment in the Allison Hart series. She's a sharp-witted private investigator who works alongside her staunch ally, the sassy Charlie wells, to offer their unique style of investigating.