“Kidnapped Hope” book signing Wednesday evening

A book signing to celebrate the publication of Half Moon Bay author Robin Newmann’s new novel, Kidnapped Hope, will be held on Wednesday, November 29, 6-9 pm, at the Coastside Lutheran Church in Half Moon Bay (900 N. Cabrillo Hwy).

Kidnapped Hope is a gripping international thriller about a parent’s worst nightmare, losing children in an amusement park. It plays out a frightening scenario that unfolds when a Swiss couple’s two young children disappear on vacation at a California amusement park, and tells of the father’s unrelenting and danger-filled search for them.

Kidnapped Hope is available at Bay Book Company and Moon News in Half Moon Bay, in the Barnes & Noble bookstore at the Hillsdale shopping center, and online at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

Robin Newmann will be happy to sign previously purchased copies of Kidnapped Hope as well as those available for purchase at the book-signing event.

Kidnapped Hope was awarded "Publisher’s Choice" by iUniverse, Inc., and initial reader reviews have been enthusiastic.

"I just finished the book – WOW. It only took me three days to read and I literally couldn’t put it down," said a reader.

Robin Newmann draws on his experience as an international journalist and traveler in Kidnapped Hope, his first novel about a Swiss father who, when police efforts fail, travels across continents to hunt for his two young children. In his quest, Peter Zucker faces dangers that include corrupt police, murderous South American thugs, and a child-prostitution ring. He gets help from Allison Cox, a U.S. diplomat and former Marine, whose fate becomes inextricably linked with that of the missing children.

Kidnapped Hope is a fast-paced story that will captivate all readers from high-schoolers up.