Multiple first person narratives, a slow psychological profile of the various players adding layers of tension and mystery works for the most part. This is quite an ambitious undertaking by the author. Meanwhile an unusual relationship begins to form between Mia and her kidnapper. Mia’s mother, Eve’s thoughts explain much of Mia’s unhappy childhood, while Gabe begins to find himself drawn to Eve and this case becomes a focal point for him. The narrative flips back and forth between first person perspectives. A low level thug hired to kidnap her named Colin Thatcher seduces her in bar then abducts her taking her to an out of the way cabin. Meanwhile the reader is being clued in on where Mia is and with whom. The Set up: Mia, the daughter of a prominent and wealthy judge has gone missing. What a twisted little book this turned out to be! A psychological thriller, an emotional study of a woman let down by her family and finding solace in the most unlikely place. Mia's mother, Eve, and detective Gabe Hoffman will stop at nothing to find them, but no one could have predicted the emotional entanglements that eventually cause this family's world to shatter.Īn addictively suspenseful and tautly written thriller, The Good Girl is a compulsive debut that reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems…. But the plan takes an unexpected turn when Colin suddenly decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota, evading the police and his deadly superiors. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life.Ĭolin's job was to abduct Mia as part of a wild extortion plot and deliver her to his employers. With his smooth moves and modest wit, at first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. One night, Mia enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But I will."īorn to a prominent Chicago judge and his stifled socialite wife, Mia Dennett moves against the grain as a young inner-city art teacher. I don't know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she's scared. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. "I've been following her for the past few days.
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