as always, predictable and clichéish: "they fell into each other's arms (mother and daughter)." and too many improbabilities, like the mother getting to ride along with police officers with s.w.a.t teams waiting at the sight, and the petite mother and daughter manage to pull free from s.w.a.t. and police officers (who are trained to subdue much larger and stronger men) to run to each other and fall into each other's arms - i don't think so. the ending is smarmy, all wraps up too smoothly and quickly, no tension, no climax, no feeling for the real thing/situation. more of a young adult's book.