This story focuses on multiple viewpoints after a horrific event. We have Richard Chapman, who has decided to host his younger brother's bachelor party, complete with Russian strippers. We also have the viewpoint of Alexandra, one of the strippers. Finally, there is Kristin, Richard's wife.
The bachelor party has all of the correct elements for something bad to happen: a bunch of drunk men, two young strippers, alcohol . . . and when one of the young women stabs their Russian bodyguards to death and then flees the house, life will never be the same for anyone involved. Now, Richard's job puts him on indefinite leave and his wife finds himself unable to forgive him for the intimate moment he shared with one of the girls. However, the person in the most danger is Alexandra, on the run trying to escape both the police and her gangster captors.
Typical of this author, I found this story to be compelling, fast-paced, and with a few twists. I felt he really did a good job of capturing the three different voices of the characters, so that their viewpoints felt authentic. Alexandra's story, in particular, is heartbreaking, and I appreciated that the author didn't shy away from any of the ugliness. It is a fact that young women are trapped into sexual slavery all over the world, and it's not a pretty situation.
The front of the book has a quote from author Geraldine Brooks which says this book" Couples the urgency of a compulsively readable crime thriller with a quiet meditation on the meaning of family." I think this is true, and that the author does a great job of making a story which is a page-turner, but then which sticks in your mind long after you've closed the book.
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