I'd Know You Anywhere

by Laura Lippman

A letter from death row arrives for Eliza saying "I'd know you anywhere" and Eliza is instantly transported back to the summer she was 15 and abducted by Walter Bowman.  What Walter wants from her now, Eliza doesn't know and she's not sure she can tell him anyway. 

Told both from the current time and flashbacks to the summer she was 15, this story just moves and moves.  I could not put it down.  Why does Eliza survive?  Why is she the girl that Walter doesn't kill?  How could she not escape?  And why does she agree to meet Walter now, after 20 years, when she has managed to put that summer behind her?

In a backdoor sort of way, this story also takes a look at the death penalty.  It's not overpowering, but the character that acts as the go-between for Walter and Eliza has a definite opinion, but she is also drawn as an unlikable character so it's hard to take anything she says to heart.

I loved this book and have been recommending it to everyone.

This was a Kindle book for $9.99.