Amelie doesn't know how she ended up in this pitch-dark, boarded-up room. She doesn't know her silent captors or why they took her from her glamorous home. For all she knows, time could be running out, but Amelie isn't all that eager to escape. In fact, what her captors don't know is that she's feeling much safer as a prisoner than she was in her marriage.
And as far as a synopsis goes, that's all I'm able to spill without spoiling the unpredictable and wild ride that "The Prisoner" becomes. Somehow my first B.A. Paris novel, it sets the bar high in so many ways for a domestic suspense/thriller.
Told in alternating perspectives from the present of Amelie's kidnapping to her past as a young woman alone in the world, the story is fresh, plausible, and one of the faster-paced ones I've read in a long time. Trust me when I say that this isn't going where you think it is, "The Prisoner" is chock-full of heart-pounding twists in both the past and present perspectives.
My recommendation is to go into this as blind as possible, it was a much-needed breathe of fresh air with its elaborate (but utterly perfected) plot and whiplash twists. Definitely not one to miss!
Rating: 4 Stars
Publication Details: Out 11/1/2022, St. Martin's Press
*Huge thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for providing my review copy!*
