The Night Monster by James Swain

Even though it's been two years since he was fired from his job as the head of the missing persons unit in Broward County, Florida, Jack Carpenter still thinks about his unsolved cases. Eighteen years ago, his first case was that of a young woman named Naomi Dunn, abducted by a crazed and gigantic suspect whom Jack failed to stop when he had the chance. When Jack's daughter, Jessie, asks him to check out a guy that's been videotaping her college team's basketball practices, his confrontations with the guy (named Mouse) lead Jack to realize that Mouse's partner is the giant from many years ago. Then one of Jessie's teammates, Sara Long, is kidnapped by Mouse and his friend. Jack is determined to right the wrong of the past and also find Sara alive. With a tenacity that is similar to the current great detectives Elvis Cole and Harry Bosch, Swain has created another suspenseful entry in the Jack Carpenter series.