Noah's Rainy Day (Paperback)

Perhaps the very best thing about this fourth installment of Brannan's Liv Bergan mysteries, is the bold, courageous use of a handicapped challenged young boy, Noah, as the impetus for intelligently, persistently, and realistically solving a major crime. The honest humanity of Cerebral Palsied, 12 year old Noah, was definitely different and thoroughly interesting. Liv Bergan has just come to Denver after completing her FBI training. She's thrilled to return to her training of Beulah---or maybe it's Beulah's training of Liv. Beulah is an FBI seek and rescues dog, who is staying with Liv at Liv's sister's house, while Liv is searching for a new home. Liv's sister has a young daughter, Emma, and son, Noah. Beulah has taken to sleeping with Noah. Noah's Dad has installed a floor to ceiling window for Noah's joy of viewing the outside world. One day, Noah sees something that sets him on edge, and he definitely needs to tell his Aunt Liv what he now knows. Child abduction is the center of Liv's focus at the present time, so Noah has to find some way of getting everyone's attention. His sister, Emma, can understand Noah by way of hand signals, and questions where a smile means yes. But Emma is enthralled with the new snow, building her snowman, and Christmas coming in the morning. Chills come from the freezing weather, a scary man, and the necessity of quick action before people die. Different kind of a mystery with an interesting twist!!