Julia Carroll is a college freshman with the typical freshman issues. She has two sisters still living at home that she has a tight relationship with. Although she is living in a dorm, her parents live only a few minutes away, since to her dismay, the home town university had the best program in her chosen field. Julia is interested in becoming a journalist. She is also interested in shedding her virginity and keeping up her grades and all the other issues that come along with being out on one's own for the first time.
As she works on the school newspaper, she comes across the story of a girl her own age who disappeared and has not been heard from since. The stories are ambivalent about this. Was the girl drinking that night? Was she careful on the street? Was she flirting and leading on the men she met? As Julia researches her case, she discovers that over twenty young women are snatched off the street or from their homes each year in her city. Is there a common thread? Some are raped, some are killed, some have just disappeared. Is Julia right in suspecting that there is a common thread that links some of these girls? Will that thread lead her to a dangerous place?
This is a novella by one of the top suspense writers. Julia is recognizable as a college freshman with the typical problems and issues encountered as one works on becoming an independent adult. The issue of women's safety is one that is relevant in every town, not just in college towns. There is a twist at the end that the reader doesn't not expect. This book is recommended for thriller readers.
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