Rating: 4/5 stars
Isserley sets out from the farm every day to pick up hitch hikers. She tries to get to know them before she kidnaps them. The details of her kidnappings, as well as of her personal life, are slowly revealed during the course of the novel.
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It is not at all what I expected from reading the back (never judge a book by its cover?). I love the author's style; how he slowly (and with perfect timing) gave readers the clues to figure out just what Isserley's life entails. It was shocking and deeply disturbing right up until the (only slightly predictable) conclusion. The book, set far from today's society, still has the power to make the reader question their morals and beliefs about society. The author has a special style that draws you in slowly and keeps you flipping the pages until the dramatic last one.
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