The Good Girl by Mary Kubica
Mia Dennett, the daughter of a
powerful Chicago judge, is kidnapped. Her
kidnapper was hired to hand her off to some thugs and he was concerned that
they would kill her. So instead of
handing her over he finds himself taking her to a cabin his family used long
ago in the deep woods of Minnesota. Her
mother, Eve, is frantic and her father is stoic, as per usual. Gabe, the detective assigned to the case and
warned not to mess up, grows close to Eve as they try to find her daughter.
The structure of the book is really
interesting. There are three main points
of view: Gabe, Eve and Colin (the kidnapper).
Each tells their story as Before (while Mia is gone) and After (Mia returned
to her family). Having the multiple viewpoints
and two timelines makes the disjointed storytelling work well to keep the
reader off balance.
I listened to this book and I didn’t
really like any of the readers. I stuck
with it because of the interesting structure and because no reader was reading
for more than ten minutes at a stretch.
There is a zinger of an ending, but I felt it could have come
sooner. This is one I may have enjoyed
it more in print format.
