In the fourth entry of Rebecca Forster’s Josie Bates saga, an old case comes back to haunt Josie, as she and a local reporter are kidnapped.  Archer works with the local police to find out what happened while also taking legal responsibility for Hannah until Josie can be found.  When an accident with their main suspect and Archer taken out by a train accident, it’s up to the police to figure out who is truly responsible and find Josie before time runs out.

Expert Witness took a different track of sidelining the main character for the entire tale, focusing instead on Archer, Hannah, and local cop Liz Driscoll as they work to find out what happened to Josie.  While this was a bit of a bounce back from the last outing, it was also completely outside the established genre of the series.  Considering I still have three books left in the “complete” set plus one additional released more recently, I truly have no idea what to expect next from this series.  Maybe that’s a good thing?