Quite simply, this book blew me away. It's short, but so powerful. Alice's voice is strong, even as she succumbs to Ray's power. Somehow, Elizabeth Scott gives us insight into a cruel monster of a man without ever making us feel for him, but showing, seemingly realistically, just how such a tragic kidnapping could take place. She plants the seeds of how even though Alice did everything she thought she was supposed to, and had been told not to talk to strangers, where there was a will, he found a way to worm his way into her trust. And in those few short minutes, her life changed.