10 days. That’s how long 4 women have suffered for. Taken off the street, kept in a locked room, physically and mentally abused, and then released without explanation.
What could be worse?
This could.
Journalist Eva Farmer has interviewed all of the women after they were released. She knows what the women went through. So when she is taken she knows what to expect, almost on a day to day basis.
Eva, like the police, couldn’t make a connection between the apparently random victims, but she’s about to learn there is one, and that she, like the others, is not a random victim.
Written from two points of view, Eva’s, and her captors, the story unfolds on a daily basis, with occasional chapters being made up of the reports Eva wrote after the interviews with the earlier victims.
But this story is not just about Eva whilst she’s being held, it’s about who she was, and things she’s done in her past.
Could her captive have known all along.
Then there’s her captor. They too have an interesting back story.
I loved this book. It’s gets more complex as it unfolds. There are so many strands that knit together perfectly.
The underlying tension built up by the fact that Eva knows what happened to the first 4 women is tangible.
The demons it brings into her head as she sits in a dark room with only her own thoughts, and memories, is frightening.
A brilliant story that kept me turning the pages until way into the night.
This is a great standalone read.
Pages: 284. Publisher: Bookouture. Available now
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