Abducted Innocence

In this gripping police procedural, Officer Emily Etcitty sets a trap for a kidnapper preying on Navajo teens.

When a Native American girl turns up missing during a traditional ceremony, Navajo police officer Emily Etcitty is on the case. What initially looks like nothing more than a routine runaway turns into a high-priority kidnapping case when a connection is made to several other missing girls under similar suspicious circumstances.

After abandoning everything on the East Coast but his loyal dog, Patch, musician Abe Freeman is still acclimating to the Southwest and his new love interest, the beautiful and beguiling Emily. It hasn’t been easy with clashing cultures and haunted pasts, but they’re committed to making it work.

Fearing for the missing girls’ safety, Emily decides to use herself as bait to set a trap for the kidnapper—and is abducted alongside another girl. Now Abe must team up with Emily’s brother and her police partner to find and save the missing girls, but the deeper they dig into the investigation, the more dangerous things become. And with the weight of a greater, far more sinister plot at play, can Emily escape the kidnapper and take him down before more girls fall victim?

Sandra Bolton’s novels are based on her real-life experiences with diverse settings and cultures as well as a desire to right racial inequality. Her first novel, A Cipher in the Sand, was inspired by her work in the Peace Corps in Honduras, while Key Witness and her follow-up novel, Abducted Innocence, were inspired by her years spent teaching Navajo children.

With twenty-five years of teaching experience and a master’s degree in guidance counseling, Sandra is no stranger to compelling stories, but her love of writing truly began with a passion for reading. Then, her skills were honed under the tutelage of southwestern mystery writer Steven F. Havill.

Originally from California, Sandra has traveled the globe with her military husband and three kids. She now resides in Raton, New Mexico, where she divides her time between writing, hiking, photography, and gourmet cooking. Sandra is currently at work on a third novel in the Emily Etcitty Mysteries, with the help of her co-authors—her cat, Fidel, and her dog, Sam.