I previously read 'The Straw Men' by Michael Marshall and really enjoyed it. I looked him up to see if he had written anything else and was excited to pick up a copy of 'The Intruders', but how quickly that feeling waned once I started reading. Jack Whalen and his wife Amy live in Birch Crossing in Washington. Jack is a former LA cop turned writer and Amy works in Marketing. She is on a business trip and Jack gets a call from a Seattle cab driver telling him that his wife forgot her cell phone in his cab. When Jack calls the hotel where Amy is supposed to be staying he learns she was never booked there. A few phone calls and mysterious video messages later, Jack sets off on a journey to find his wife and learn what she is involved in, and with whom. At the same time, Madison O'Donnell is approached by a man in black while on the beach near her parten's summer home in Oregon. After her brief meeting with this man, Madison starts blacking out and having odd feelings. She ends up getting herself to Seattle and doing crazy things that no one would expect from a little girl. Marshall tries to weave a sci-fi tale that comes across as an attempt to master a genre he knows little about. His jumps from character to character and scene to scene are not well put together. I did not enjoy this book very much at all. I really had to push myself to finish it and as I was reading felt constantly confused and hoping it would end soo
A few phone calls and mysterious video messages later, Jack sets off on a journey to find his wife and learn what she is involved in, and with whom