Audiobook Review: Tracking Ariana

 

She followed every rule. The government broke them all.

When Ariana Wilkinson—a lawful U.S. resident and Afghan-born wife of an Air Force Colonel—is wrongfully detained by ICE during a religious festival in Westchester County, her disappearance sets off a desperate search that exposes the darkest corners of American immigration enforcement.

Returning home from deployment, Colonel Joseph Wilkinson finds his house empty and his wife and children missing. When he learns that Ariana has been taken into custody, he turns to attorney Seth Bodner for help. Together, they fight to get his children back—but Ariana vanishes before her immigration hearing ever takes place.

Enter Dan Burnett, a seasoned private investigator with NYPD roots. As Dan and Seth track Ariana through a labyrinth of detention centers from New York to Florida, they uncover a covert federal program of deportation—erasing them from the system before anyone can intervene.

Meanwhile, Ariana must survive the terror and uncertainty of detention, clinging to faith, memory, and the love of her family. But as her captors move her closer to deportation, time is running out—and the truth threatens to ignite a national scandal.

Told from multiple perspectives, Tracking Ariana is a gripping legal and investigative thriller about one woman’s fight for freedom and a family’s battle against a corrupt system. Fans of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Lisa Scottoline will be riveted by this story of courage, justice, and the power of love in a nation divided.

My Review

This book is ripped from the headlines of today's news. You don't have to search far to find a story like this. Sadly, people are living it every day. Unless you, your family, or are involved in what is happening, it is hard to really know what is truth in the news. 

This story mainly focuses on Ariana, Joseph and their children. Later in the story, it does showcase a few other families that are affected as well. I could feel the conundrum hat Colonel Joseph was experiencing with his feelings. On one hand he had dedicated his life to fighting for his country, only to have it turn its back on him with his wife; despite the fact that she was a legal citizen and had been an important asset in the military herself. 

Two of the other stars in this book are Dan and Seth. I really liked how they went about helping Ariana as well as the other families. Not all superheroes wear capes. 

If you want a real experience. Listen to the ALC version of this book. Narrated by: William Savage. William does a really good job of voicing all of the cast of characters. I will be checking out more books by author, Larry Terhaar. This is a thriller of a read!