Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay

Barclay knows how to write a novel that keeps your interest and keeps you guessing. David Harwood is happily married to Jan and together they have a four-year-old son, Ethan. David works as a journalist and is finding that things are getting tough. He does have a lead on a story of corruption involving a for-profit prison. He has been telling Jan about his job but she doesn't seem to be paying much attention. Lately she has been acting very depressed and he worries that she might try to harm herself. He is cheered up when she takes a day off from work and announces that she has gotten tickets for the amusement park nearby. The day almost takes a tragic turn when Jan looks away for a moment and someone snatches Ethan who is asleep in his stroller. Jan and David split up and David finds Ethan unharmed. But where is Jan??????? She has disappeared. Not everyone is what they appear to be. Her disappearance and David's corruption investigation become intertwined in the book. It was an entertaining read.