Serena
Diaz's career as a successful teacher falls apart when she is accused of
molesting a male student, Brock. He's angry because the low grade she
gave him means he won't get the scholarship to Cornell. Told to stay
away from the high school campus, Serena takes her sketching pad and
heads for the hills. She stumbles upon a human trafficking exchange,
resulting in the death of a man and a life of terror for her.
This
is a suspenseful novel. Serena is a feisty woman who wants to
understand the man who died protecting her. She also wants to
understand why her student is doing such a horrible thing to her.
Trying to get to the truth entangles her in a web of lies so thick
she may not escape alive.
True
to Erin's form, this novel is a meeting place of the natural and the
supernatural worlds. Like the Celtic “thin places,” there is a
burned out house in the novel where some see the supernatural
invading the senses. It made me wonder if sometimes we miss the true
reality of a place or event because we are so fixated on the physical
reality of things.
This
is a very good novel. It rips at your heart to read about the girls
being kidnapped and horribly mistreated. While the story flows well,
it is a hard one to read – not because of the writing style but
because of the subject. The end makes it worthwhile, however.
In
her Author Note, Erin points out that human trafficking has risen tho
third place in the world's ranking of the fastest growing illegal
industries, behind drugs and weapons.
Erin
Healy is the best-selling author of several novels, some with
co-author Ted Dekker. She and her family live in Colorado.
Thomas
Nelson, 368 pages.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher for
the purpose of this review.
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