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Violence
Some
Kidnapping violence and threat of violence throughout; some physical confrontations
Language
Some
Some profanity throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic content; the psychological complexity of the captive-captor relationship is not sexualized
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate drinking among adult characters
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong psychological content: captivity, trauma bonding, a detective's obsession, and the aftermath of trauma create sustained intensity
What this book is about
Mia Dennett, a young Chicago woman, is abducted by Colin Thatcher — a man hired to deliver her to someone else who, for reasons that slowly become clear, cannot complete the job. As detective Gabe Hoffman and Mia's mother Eve frantically search, we follow what happened in the remote cabin where Colin and Mia hid through the winter. Mary Kubica's debut thriller subverts its genre with a narrator whose relationship with her captor becomes troublingly complex — a psychologically tense exploration of captivity and what the mind does to survive it.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Kidnapping and captivity as central plot elements
Psychological trauma bonding depicted and examined
Violence and threat throughout
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