This book will outrage you, disgust you, disturb you, make you fearful and sad. The writing is raw and the emotions are so real. On the one hand, there is sibling rivalry that leads to a heinous crime and ruination. On the other, there is knowing that people do terrible things to people they love and having to come to terms and make sense of it all. But, underlying all that despair is hope that things are going to work out and hope that there are a few who would never give up the ones they love.
For a book which is not normally in my radar, I must admit it is an excellent piece of writing, more so in the second half of the book when the investigation gets going and the mystery unravels. It is definitely a brilliant and yet, very sad read, if the story were ever true.
Hardback: On the day she was abducted, Annie O'Sullivan, a thirty-two-year-old Realtor, had three goals: Sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend.
The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.
Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent captive in remote mountain cabin - which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist - is a second narrative recounting the nightmare that follows her escape: her struggle to piece her shattered life back together, the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor, and the disturbing sense that things are far from over.
The truth doesn't always set you free.
Still Missing is a shocking, visceral, brutal and beautifully crafted debut novel about surviving the unsurvivable - and living to bear witness.
About the author: Chevy Stevens grew up on a ranch on Vancouver Island and still calls the island home. She enjoys writing thrillers that allow her to blend her interest in family dynamics with her love of the west coast lifestyle. When she's not working on her next book, she's hiking with her husband and dog in the local mountains. Still Missing (2010) is her first novel and won the 2011 International Thriller of the Year Award in the Best First Novel category. Her other novel is Never Knowing (2011) and her third novel, Always Watching, will be out in 2013.
Visit her website for more information. Below, Chevy Stevens tells us about her book and reads a passage from it:
Rating: 3/5
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