The group kind of liked it. I thought it was okay. Nothing to sink your teeth into. My opinion is that it is not a book for good book club discussion.

seeing the world through the eyes of this damaged character with such a riveting history made this book a total page-turner. fascinating, suspenseful and complex in the best way.

Most of our book club members finished and enjoyed this book and we felt it was well written. The plot was strong and we were impressed with the personalities of the main characters. The book was easy to read from the start and was quite a page turner. Although it was not a quick read, we mostly felt that we needed to see what had happened.
No one liked Dana as a person, either before or after her experience. Her rudeness and disability was discussed and we did know of instances where some of this had happened.
There was one comment that the book was predictable and that Tim Carver was the obvious culprit. Others did not spot him as a suspect until later on, although there were questions about why he left West Point, and he was rather a ‘golden boy’
Mum was a believable character, who calmed down as the book continued. She was understandably over- protective of her daughter.
Roger again was not a likeable character and most of us felt that he may have been the father of Casey’s baby and her murderer.
John and his alcoholic father were red herrings, although John had a bad time as a child and he did not trust anyone. I think we all realised that the body in the barrel was John’s mum rather than Casey.
We felt on the whole that the ending was realistic and liked the fact that the author resisted any temptation to tie up all loose ends Out of 10 we scored the book 7.5