Descent

"This was the first book I read in 2015, and it was also my favorite. When 18-year-old Caitlin goes missing on a family vacation in the Rocky Mountains, her stoic father stays behind, always looking. An unlikable character will surprise you, and there’s an ascent — a drive up, up into the mountains through snow-covered switchback turns — that is excruciatingly satisfying. Long after another big 2015 thriller, The Girl On The Train, evaporated from my reading brain, I am still thinking about Descent."

"I read the last 30 pages in an airport, 10 feet from the gate, and did not notice the boarding announcements. I missed my flight for literature."