Forgotten Witness – Rebecca Forster

While testifying in Congress about the brutal attacks that caused Hannah to go on the run, Josie is accosted by a man who claims to know where “she” is.  As Josie tries to unravel his story and the clues he has left behind, she ends up in Hawaii where she quickly learns that the “she” in question is not Hannah, but Josie’s mother, who had disappeared when Josie was a teenager.  A botched job at covering up what was going on in Hawaii led to a government conspiracy and the truth of what happened to Josie’s parents when she was young.

The sixth entry of Rebecca Forster’s Josie Bates saga, Forgotten Witness, again takes things in a new, though not necessarily better, direction.  Josie is on her own for most of the book, battling against conspiracies and government agencies that seem bigger in scope than what we have read about in the past.  With the normal supporting cast sidelined, a whole new group of characters were introduced, and I wonder which, if any, will turn up again in the remaining entries of the series.