On her way to work, for one terrifying instant Jennifer Canfield sees a tiny hand in the trunk of a car that barely misses slamming into her van. A doll? A child? With no time to think she must act and so begins a non-stop, breathlessly suspenseful journey to find the truth and possibly save a life. Stephen Baron, a road construction worker, joins her in her pursuit of a possible kidnapper through the hills of California. And where the chase ends reveals exactly how courage and love can show up when we least expect them and change everything.
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['Look Amy, I'm going to Donut World. Do you want something or not? I can't keep talking on this thing while I'm driving'](Amazon Media, 15 March 2012, ebook, 103 pages, kindle single, Prime Reading)
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The Trunk Key was an okay read but nothing spectacular.
I liked the premise of the story, a woman stuck in a traffic jam thinks she sees something sinister sticking out the boot of a near-by car. This raises a lot of uncertainties.
Did she see it? If the hand is real is it human or a doll's? What should she do? How can someone take her seriously?
The story is fast-paced and held my attention from start to finish. Unfortunately, I don't think the characters are as well-developed as they could be. The 'love' Jennifer finds in fellow would-be-rescuer Sam is a bit cheesy ar times. Still, there are some good chase scenes and plenty of tense moments.
A side note: the formatting of the book is a little off. New paragraphs started too far in the page which left a huge block of white space at the start of each paragraph that looked plain awkward. Also, Jennifer's thoughts are in italics which is annoying especially when the words are centre and stand-out like a sore thumb.
Still, The Trunk Key isn't half bad.
