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I had the pleasure of reading Ms. Norton's first book, "The Edge of Normal" as an ARC so I jumped at the chance to preview the sequel!! She again creates a great suspense throughout the novel and a gutsy character in Reeve. There is a lot of recapping about the previous book, so I would not recommend someone read it without reading The Edge of Normal.
Looking forward to what I can only assume will be a third book in the series.....

A very good read. I could not put this book down. It builds to a climax by giving information important to the story piece by piece. It actually got so intense at times that I would have to stop reading. It is a very easy, rapid read. I love books like this one. The story will make your blood pressure rise.

This was a fast-paced thriller that really hit the ground running. The heroine, Reeve, was abducted at age 12 and held captive for 4 years. Nine years later, she seems remarkably well adjusted and is living a typical college student life. When her abductor escapes from the mental facility where he is incarcerated, she becomes the key to his recapture, because of her intimate knowledge of him. The bad guy is satisfyingly evil, and the detailed and patient plan leading to his escape is chilling.

As with many thrillers, the final confrontation seems a little anticlimactic, but the haunting twist at the end closes out the book nicely. Looking forward to reading other books by this author.

As someone who loves mysteries/thrillers I can say this is a book anyone with similar taste will really enjoy reading. The main character, Reggie/Reeve is a very well-developed protagonist in the novel while Galt is easily imagined as evil incarnate. Supporting characters are believable and excellent foils the main two characters. For me, the plot was similar enough to the stories about abductions and the monsters who do them that we all have read about in the news the last few years to have me looking over my shoulder a little more often than before.

Enjoy if you are a fan of edge-of-your seat reading!

I was drawn in to this story from the first page. I read quite a few thrillers and found this to be an interesting one, with which I will pass on to my friends. I also feel that it would make an interesting book club read..The only problem I found hard to accept was when Reeve gets involved with trying to find the man who kidnapped her..I guess in my mind I would want to be as far away from him as was humanly possible. I know she felt obligated to help, but would a person who had been through all that she had still want to be involved? I guess I would be afraid.

A page turner from the start, this book is so much more than a thriller. It's a powerful story about strength, courage and hope. My only criticism of this book would be that it's hard to read something as entertainment knowing real people have endured circumstances such as Reeve. And yet real people have also been brave and strong and clever. Norton does a wonderful job of creating a thriller with heart and depth.

This is the second book by Carla Norman featuring Reeve LeClaire, who had been held captive by an unsavory character for four years. He was subsequently convicted and imprisoned, but when he escapes from the psychiatric facility in which he was held, she finds herself involved in hunting him down. Luckily, the author spares us the gory details of her captivity, but the scars are evident, both physically and mentally. The narrative toggles between the victim and the antagonist, and moves along quickly. It would be a good beach read.

Whether you have read Carla Norton's first Reeve Leclaire mystery or not, this book will keep you turning the pages and going back to read the first book.

This is a real thriller with an incredibly brave young woman still struggling to recover from her own touch of evil and an escaped psychotic she knows so well. Readers are drawn in by this frightening tale but it will also provide great insight into the mind of a true psychotic.

Readers from 17 and up who love mysteries and thrillers will find this a truly frightening and haunting tale. The terror that Reeve feels as she tries to save someone else from the man who tortured her will stay with you long after you finish the book. Book clubs can easily put together a number of questions about the characters especially regarding being kept in captivity for years.