Get Ready for Parent's Weekend

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the ARC of Parent’s Weekend by Alex Finlay. Having read and enjoyed one of his previous novels, Night Shift, I was looking forward to this new book.

This book, as the title suggests, is about a parent’s weekend for five college freshman at a small California university.  The parents come from all walks of life from the dean’s administrative assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State.  Soon after the parent arrive, all the five students go missing. Sarah Keller from the FBI (and Night Shift) has just relocated to California. She is called into action along with the campus police to find the missing students. Family secrets are revealed as the mystery surrounding the missing students unfolds.

My biggest complaint of the book is the number of characters. I had a tough time keeping all of the family members and related occupations and students strait. There were too many and I was constantly having to remind myself who was who.

Overall, not a bad book but not as good as Night Shift. The ending was predictable.