Reeve LeClaire was kidnapped at age
twelve and held prisoner for four years by a sadist who raped,
tortured and starved her. She was lucky to be rescued. Now at
twenty-two, she's trying to put her life back together. She's still
very fragile, but when another young girl is rescued from a similar
situation, Reeve agrees to mentor her.
But Tilly Cavanaugh's rescue is only
part of the solution. Three girls have disappeared from Jefferson in
the last few years. Now that one has been found, hope rises that the
other two will be rescued. Reeve inadvertently learns from Tilly that
more than one person was involved in her kidnapping. This knowledge
pits Reeve against a monster who controls not only the girls, but
their keepers as well.
This is a frightening book. You can
hardly imagine how terrifying it must have been to be a the mercy of
a sadistic torturer, but Norton does an excellent job describing
Reeve's pain and fears. You don't want to read this book alone at
night with the lights out.
The book is fast paced. The novel moves
from the news events surrounding Tilly's return to the hunt for the
kidnapper. The investigation takes Reeve from a terrified victim to a
victorious survivor. You can't help but like her and feel a kinship
with her suffering.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and
would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good mystery, but it's more
than that. It's a sensitive psychological portrayal of a very gutsy
young woman.
I reviewed this book for Net Galley.
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