I'd Know you Anywhere by Laura Lippman

4.5/5

Eliza is a mom of two. Perfect house, loving husband, normal kids. No one even knows that she is the only surviving victim of a serial killer. She'd like to keep it that way.

The novel alternates between present day and 1985 - the summer Eliza was 15, the summer she was kidnapped and held captive for six weeks, the summer she saw another young girl get murdered. This book explores the many relationships effected by these events, including the one between Eliza and her kidnapper. Due to be executed for his crimes, Walter Bowman reaches out to Eliza. Can she finally get the answers she needs from him? Does she even know the questions to ask?

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

4/5

How do you build suspense when your readers already know the main character survives the horrific ordeal that is the basis for your story? Just ask this debut author. In Still Missing, Annie O'Sullivan is telling the story of her year in captivity to her shrink - so we know she makes it out alive. Still, you will cringe and squirm with each new atrocity her captor inflicts upon her.

Alternating between the present and the past, this is a story that will make you double check your locks at night. Even though the ending seems just a little far fetched, readers will root for Annie to reclaim her old life at the same time they hope she finds a way to accept her new normal.