The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian

This book starts off with the scene of a rape. A young lady, Laurel, was raped when she was in college. About seven years later, Laurel who works at a homeless shelter, comes upon a collection of a dead homeless guy's photos. Sifting through these photos, she finds pictures of a lady on a bike, a lady that looks like her the day she was raped. She becomes convinced that this lady is her and that these pictures were taken a few minutes before she was raped. She spends the next few months investig ating the homeless guy's life to figure out what connection he could have had to her rape. This book takes the reader along for the ride, adding unexpected twists and turns. Chris Bohjalian targets this book at audiences that love suspense and love guessing what the next twist will be. Can you figure out the truth before the book ends? - Michelle K., class of 2012