First published 2010
Gemma stops for coffee during a layover at Bangkok Airport. Her parents wait nearby as she and her family head to Vietnam for vacation. A man approaches her. Ty looks familiar somehow, rugged and tan, clearly older than her sixteen years. He buys her drink and slips something into it. They talk briefly. Their hands brush together. Then Ty takes her. He has been watching Gemma for a long time, planning this moment. Now he has brought her to the empty Australian Outback, far from anyone who might help her. Gemma must figure out how to survive in this harsh landscape with her captor. She faces an impossible choice between accepting her situation or risking everything to escape. Her story becomes one of endurance as she confronts the reality of her kidnapping and searches for a way to stay alive.
Genres: fiction, adventure, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: captive-captor, fish-out-of-water, survival
Setting: Australia, Australian Outback, Bangkok Airport, Vietnam
Period: contemporary
304 pages · Hardcover · Chicken House
Content warnings: kidnapping, violence