Trusting God for the answersCritical Pursuit opens with a quick scene from 20 years in the past, of an abducted girl being rescued. Brinna Caruso is that little girl, grown up and now a police officer with a self-appointed mission to find missing children. She is temporarily paired with Jack O'Reilly after the death of his wife leaves him with no interest in living beyond the sentencing of his wife's murderer. Both have huge questions about why God would allow suffering. They have pulled away from the people in their lives who truly care about them. As they follow the trail of the person who kidnapped Brinna, they realize that although they may not find answers to their questions about God here on earth, they ca I really enjoyed this book. It is about a woman, Brinna who is a police officer working with a police dog to find missing children. She herself had been abducted and then found when she was a child. While her mother and brother have strong faith, Brinna is a non-believer. Due to a shooting, she is paired with Jack, a former homicide detective that has been struggling after the loss of his wife and although he had been strong in his faith, he has turned away from God and does not believe anymore. It was a novel approach to see both main characters as non-believers and to have the secondary characters be the believers in the story. Many times, a story has one strong believer and one non-believer. There are definite issues of faith and belief in God without being preachy with Bible verses quoted constantly.There was tension between Brinna and Jack initially, suspense with the child abductions, and past and present storylines weaving together. While this book does bring closure to it's main story line. There is enough left unresolved with the main character and her faith issue that I look forward to reading the second of the series.
