Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

I took off early from work on Friday to spend some time with my little people.  I took them to my office so they could look for the mail carts and visit people.  They are like blog celebrities.  Not from this blog, from their Mom's blog.  We did a building tour.  Went into the atrium, Coco gasped, OH MY GOSH!!  She had never seen anything like it.  She was standing in the middle looking up at the third floor.  We took the escalator up to the 3rd floor, did some visiting up there, took the elevator down.  Big day!  Quite the adventure.  Wish I was so excited when I walked into that building.
No trip to the city would be complete without a trip to Barnes & Noble.  Tink did not want to go to the bookstore.  She wanted to go home to Grammy's.  She had enough visiting for the day.  The Kid and I out voted the girls.  Once I told the girls there were toys at the bookstore, they were happy.  Not sure they will ever share the book passion that The Kid and I have.  Everyone left the store with a new book.  The girls picked books that opened and have toys inside.  They already have two of these books and play with them all the time at my house. 
I was able to find a book too.  Save Me by Lisa Scottoline.  This was a great read.  Unique story.  I have read a couple of things by this author.  This would be a wonderful book club read.  Not sure my book club would read it.  It is a long one.  The questions at the end of the book would be great for discussion.
One day Rose McKenna is volunteering in the cafeteria of her daughter's elementary school.  Rose does it to keep a discreet eye on her daughter, Melly.  Melly was born with a facial birthmark that made her a target for bullies.  Rose catches several girls being cruel to her daughter.  Melly runs and locks herself in a restroom.  Rose stays behind to lecture the girls about their actions.  Rose is faced with a split second decision that jeopardizes everything in her life.  She has to decide whether to save her child or another mother's child and risk losing her own. 
One question in the book is, if you only have one car seat and have to give another child a ride in your car, would you put your child in the car seat or the other child.  That question was the fuel for Lisa Scottoline to come up with this story.
The consequences to Rose's actions are immediate.  At the time she thinks she makes the best choice.  The only choice she could make.  There are many twists and turns that I did not see coming in this story.  I liked the characters.  I liked all the surprises.  I could not put this book down!  Well, I might have put it down for a nice Saturday afternoon nap!
I am giving this book a 4.  Thrilled to have found some interesting books to read.  What a relief.  I was afraid there were no good books left.  Not sure what kept this book from being a 5.  It was close.