Who else has read this? Let’s keep the comments spoiler-free.Laurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld(Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. I believe thrillers are best enjoyed diving in without much background knowledge. The synopsis is more than enough to know what the book is about and I don’t want to sound repetitive. There’s not much I can say about the plot without spoiling it.
That just made me question all of their behaviors and statements. I also really enjoyed the other characters in here, especially since everyone is a suspect. Which is a relief, because if there was a stupid main character amidst all the chaos, I might’ve gone crazy enough to throw the book across the room. The main character in here is smart and resilient.
This book alternates between fast-paced thrills that have you feeling like it’s cardio day – okay, maybe like you just did a few jumping jacks – and moments of tense stillness that makes you want to hold your breath. Its done so well! Because even when I suspected certain outcomes, in some scenes there’s no way of knowing for sure how it’ll conclude.Īnd when I successfully guessed certain things, the delivery more than made up for it. (Fellow mystery/thriller enthusiasts, you know what I mean.) It gets easier to guess the twists and turns the endings become less shocking. So sometimes the story lines and villains can start to seem familiar. Now listen, I read a lot of thrillers, and on top of that I had read several before this one.
One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her? In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate. Inside, are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.ĭesperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van.
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