Be prepared to be creeped out from the very beginning of this whirlwind novel! CJ Lyons gives us a fast-moving, thrill-filled tale in Snake Skin.

Lucille Teresa Guardino, Pittsburgh’s defender of children, struggles to balance her life. Between her career keeping children safe from predators that seemingly lurk everywhere and being a mom to a pre-teen daughter and being a wife to a doting psychologist husband, it isn’t an easy task.

In Snake Skin, Guardino rushes to find a young girl. Did Ashley run away? Or was she kidnapped? Guardino grows frustrated as the arguments grow supporting both questions. Testing Guardino’s resolve even further, is a sick daughter whose diagnosis might be one every parent fears: cancer.

CJ Lyons keeps the action moving. Guardino is a character a mother can relate to. The bad guy is almost sympathetic. And I think I’ve developed a snake phobia.

Check this one out!