Mia Dennett's father is a well-known judge in Chicago, while Eve, her passive mother, tries to be the perfect wife. As an inner-city teacher living on her own, Mia does not conform to the life her affluent parents expected of their daughter. After being stood-up once again by her boyfriend, Mia makes the grave mistake of going home with a charismatic stranger she meets in the bar. But Colin Thatcher is after more than a pleasant one-night stand, as Mia realizes when she tries to leave.

What was supposed to be a simple abduction and delivery of Mia to another person changes when Colin realizes he wants to keep Mia for himself. Instead of leaving her at the drop- off point, as instructed, Colin drives Mia to a rustic, remote cabin in the Minnesota woods.

Detective Gabe Hoffman is doing everything he can to find Mia after she's reported missing, even though her father is sure there's nothing wrong and Mia will return on her own. Eve agrees with Gabe and defies her husband in the search for her daughter. As days turn into weeks, the relationship between Mia and her captor evolves into an improbable connection. When Mia is finally located and returned home, the situation is far from resolved, and the culmination will alter the lives of all those involved.

THE GOOD GIRL, Mary Kubica's debut, is a tightly woven thriller utilizing an uncommon technique of first- person narrative. Eve, Gabe, Colin and finally Mia, tell their own perspective of the situation with each chapter devoted to a different character's involvement in the storyline's progression. It's quite a unique and effective writing tool adding to the suspense and drama, while engaging the reader's interest from start to finish. A great debut novel for Mary Kubica.