Father Lost Child Found: (Chic Charlie)
by Jane Ellyson
About Father Lost Child Found
Father Lost Child Found: (Chic Charlie)
Australian Cozy Mystery/Sci-Fi
3rd in Series
Publisher : Stanley Press
Publication date : September 20, 2025
Paperback
Print length : 236 pages
ISBN-10 : 1763510034
ISBN-13 : 978-1763510036
Digital
Print length : 186 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1763510029
ASIN : B0F7JTL4SJ
Galina-Elizabeta Ivanof’s father died in an accident on an oil platform, twenty-four years ago. During a speech at a funeral, doubts are raised about the cause of Aleksandr Ivanof’s death, sending Galina on a dangerous search for the truth.
Charlotte Wyatt-Harmon has taken a break in cycling from Hua Hin to Phuket. While shopping at markets near the border with Myanmar, someone leaves a child in her basket, sending Charlotte on a frantic search for the mother.
Mason Murray is a journalist with a personal interest in crop circles. Some believe these patterns were created by extraterrestrials and Mason is determined to find out for himself.
These amateur sleuths learn that everyone is hiding something: a secret, a spy, even an alien presence.
FATHER LOST, CHILD FOUND delivers a twisty-turny plot until the very last page.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Twenty-four years ago, Galina-Elizabeta Ivanof’s father was killed in an oil rig fire. Someone who knew her father had a strange message read for Galina at his funeral, which sends her on a journey to find the truth.
On a bicycle trip from Hua Hin to Phuket, Charlotte Wyatt-Harmon gets a huge surprise when someone leaves a baby in her basket near Myanmar’s border. She vows to find the child’s mother.
Journalist Mason Murray is feeding his interest in crop circles, studying the true cause of the phenomenon. Are they created by extraterrestrials?
Can these 3 investigations be connected? Can these amateur sleuths get to the truth? And will they be able to handle everything they uncover?
This book, like the previous, Alone with a Tasman Tiger, was pitched to me as an Australian Cozy Mystery, and I learned then that the story had cozy mystery elements, but it was so much more. Father Lost Child Found lives up to that as well.
Galina-Elizabeta Ivanof was on a Survivor-type show in Alone with a Tasman Tiger. It was there she met her boyfriend Seb. They have recovered from that adventure and are ready to embark on a new one when Galina received the call to come home to Tallinn, Estonia, for the funeral of a family friend. It was there that the information sent her life in a different direction.
Charlotte Wyatt-Harmon was introduced in the first book in the series, An Extraordinary Wedding, a book I still need to read. In this story, she travels to Thailand for a cycling adventure with a friend until that friend leaves Charlotte to hop on a yacht with some other friends. Charlotte soon finds herself with a new traveling companion. Mason Murray is another friend caught up in the adventure when his research takes him close to where Charlotte is traveling.
Ms. Ellyson’s characters are very interesting with different strengths and weaknesses but ready to take on everything that is thrown at them. The author twists each of the three plotlines together with an expert hand, drawing the reader in with the turn of each page. Surprises lead to exciting, at times, edge-of-your-seat conflicts. Galina faces the most as a shocking revelation occurs, followed quickly by a strange introduction. At times, my heart broke for her.
Politics and science fiction add to the original mystery storyline. I do not usually read anything in the science fiction genre, but Ms. Ellyson’s unique plot twists had a strong hold. The concept was so interesting. It made this reader stop and think. Sometimes, stepping out of your normal box is a good thing. This was a very good thing.
Father Lost Child Found is a quick read with a brisk pace and only 236 pages. The author packs those pages with international travel, intrigue, suspense, appealing characters with their own personal struggles, along with fascinating visitors from somewhere far, far, away. For me, it was another Perfect Escape from Jane Ellyson. If you are game for an unpredictable read with compelling twists, I recommend you give yourself a gift of Father Lost Child Found. It reads on its own easily.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to the author for providing me with an ARC.
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About Jane Ellyson
Jane Ellyson has written six novels across the action, adventure, and romance genres. Having lived in Europe and Asia, in addition to her native Australia, her stories frequently visit beautiful locations. She currently lives at Possum Creek, just out of Bangalow in northern New South Wales, Australia – well, she would if she were real – rather than being the pen name of someone who would prefer to remain anonymous.
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