#40 A Spark of Light by Jodi PicoultThe warm fall day starts like any other at the Center—a women’s reproductive health services clinic—its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage.
After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic.
I've read many books by this writer and this isn't one of my favorites. Although the author has successfully used varying time points in other books, telling the story in reverse order didn't enhance the story. She is good at addressing hot topics but this one came off a bit preachy.
