What is the author's style in the novel, The Trapped Girl?

The novel is divided into 37 chapters of varying lengths, followed by an epilogue. The chapters follow the actions of Andrea Strickland, who is the victim of an abusive husband and a greedy cop, and those of Tracy Crosswhite, a Seattle detective who is investigating a murder case when a body is found in Seattle. The chapters are identified by number only, and the chapters presented from Andrea's perspective are identified through the first-person perspective and through formatting. The author uses italics to help the reader tell which scenes are from Andrea's perspective. With this exception, the author uses traditional punctuation and formatting throughout the novel.

The novel is a murder mystery; thus, the author structures the novel to build suspense until the final revelations of why Andrea has been hiding, who killed Devin Chambers, and what happened to Andrea's trust fund. The author uses a series of literary devices, such as foreshadowing, red herrings, and limited perspectives in order to help build this suspense. The novel is basically divided into two separate (though not independent) story lines with one limited to Andrea's perspective and the other an omniscient look at the investigation. The two converge near the end of the novel, resolving all aspects of the mystery.