No Exit by Taylor Adams

This book chilled me.  It focuses on one of my fears and it made the story feel all the more real to me...

William Morrow and Edelweiss gave me the opportunity to read this book for review (thank you).  It will be published January 15th.  

Darby is trying to get home to see her mother before she dies.  It was going pretty well until she hit a blizzard.  The snow is piling up so fast on the pass that she has to stop at the nearest rest area.  There are others stranded there.  They won't be able to leave until morning as the snowplows can't get there until then.  At least they are fairly warm and out of the snow.  But when Darby goes out to call and tell them she can't get there that night, she can't get a signal outside either.  When she goes back, she goes through the parking lot and finds something she doesn't want to see.  There is a young girl caged in the back of a van.  The van is locked so she goes back in the building and tries to decide who to trust...

Being landlocked in the rest stop is bad enough but someone in this building is a psychopath.  It soon turns into a kill or be killed situation.  Darby is not a murderer but she does want to stay live and get to her mom.

The suspense and tension is almost overwhelming.  She has multiple enemies and a mission to save the little girl.  The method of killing is awful.  I read it straight through in one evening.  It's not one you want to read in pieces...