About the book
When budding computer programmer Michelle Quinn disappears from her
quiet Santa Cruz neighborhood, the police find no evidence of her
kidnapper and seem to give up almost immediately. Her father Gabriel,
a private charter pilot, believes Michelle is still alive, but he
knows that her time is short. Unwilling to sit idly by and wait for
the police to solve the crime, Gabriel sets out to find his daughter
himself.
A handful of friends close to the Quinn family join Gabriel, including
Michelle's godfather Matthias, a Russian Orthodox monk, and newspaper
reporter Lisa Miller. They believe Michelle's kidnapping is related to
the three unsolved disappearances in the Sierra Nevada mountains the
previous year. When Gabriel himself becomes a suspect in the police
investigation, he and his friends press forward with abandon, taking
the law into their own hands as they desperately search for any clue
pointing to Michelle's kidnapper.
Meanwhile, Michelle finds herself trapped in a broken down house in
the mountains, surrounded by razor wire. At first, her kidnapper,
Roper Lund, does not show himself, and Michelle struggles to clear her
mind from the sleeping drugs he gave her. Gradually she remembers how
he tricked her into getting into his car, and she understands that she
is in mortal danger. She has no idea whether her father or the police
are searching for her, or if they even know that Lund kidnapped her.
Michelle decides that her only hope is to rescue herself. So she sets
out on her own desperate adventure to find a way out of Lund's
custom-made prison for little girls.
kidnapper and seem to give up almost immediately. Her father Gabriel,
a private charter pilot, believes Michelle is still alive, but he
knows that her time is short. Unwilling to sit idly by and wait for
the police to solve the crime, Gabriel sets out to find his daughter
himself.
A handful of friends close to the Quinn family join Gabriel, including
Michelle's godfather Matthias, a Russian Orthodox monk, and newspaper
reporter Lisa Miller. They believe Michelle's kidnapping is related to
the three unsolved disappearances in the Sierra Nevada mountains the
previous year. When Gabriel himself becomes a suspect in the police
investigation, he and his friends press forward with abandon, taking
the law into their own hands as they desperately search for any clue
pointing to Michelle's kidnapper.
Meanwhile, Michelle finds herself trapped in a broken down house in
the mountains, surrounded by razor wire. At first, her kidnapper,
Roper Lund, does not show himself, and Michelle struggles to clear her
mind from the sleeping drugs he gave her. Gradually she remembers how
he tricked her into getting into his car, and she understands that she
is in mortal danger. She has no idea whether her father or the police
are searching for her, or if they even know that Lund kidnapped her.
Michelle decides that her only hope is to rescue herself. So she sets
out on her own desperate adventure to find a way out of Lund's
custom-made prison for little girls.
This is a fast-paced thriller that will
have you rushing to turn the pages. Richard Ewald has succeeded where many
others might fail in telling the story from the point of view of evil
psychopath Lund, kidnapped twelve year old Michelle and her father Gabriel. We
know from the beginning how Michelle is kidnapped, the interest lies in
watching Michele’s resourcefulness as she tries to escape, her father’s
determination to find her and whether Lund will be caught before Michele meets
the same fate as his other victims.
I loved the way the author gets inside the
mind of Michele almost as much as his realistic portrayal of the kidnapper. The
story deals with torture and abuse so is not for the fainthearted but the
storytelling is superb. The description is wonderful and it is easy to imagine
this part of the States even though I have never been there. I did struggle a
little with the configuration of the rooms where Michele is held. They were
described in sordid detail but I still found it confusing to picture the layout
in my head.
There are a couple of typos and spelling
errors in the book but when these are tightened up, I believe that ‘Sierra
Girls’ deserves to be up there with the best of thrillers and I am sure Richard
Ewald will be a name we will be hearing a lot more of in the future.
Best for..
Those who like to get into the mind of a psychopath as well as that of his victim.
Best for..
Those who like to get into the mind of a psychopath as well as that of his victim.
My rating
4/5
Author Links:
Website/Blog: http://richardewald.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Richard_
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