The Lost Man

by Jane Harper

“Jenna couldn’t get away from him?” “Honestly, she might not even have tried. She said she froze. I think she felt a bit ashamed about that, but it’s actually a very common response. Either way, she was out there on her own in the dark with this big, insistent bloke.” He looked at Nathan. “Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.” He shrugged. “It’s rape.”

Liz knew, without a shadow of a doubt, what happened when men like that came home.