We live in relationships, sometimes marriages, we spend time together, we live under the same roof, but we only know about each other what the other person wants to say. Even people who have known each other since the nursery have their own secrets. Sometimes only extreme situations cause us to look at our partner from a completely different perspective.

When we meet the main heroes Justyna and Łukasz from the book "Kidnapped" by Róża Lewanowicz they are living the daily routine of Warsaw city slickers. They have similar problems to many other couples. They think about buying a flat, taking out a loan, and they worry that they do not have children, despite their best efforts.

Their well managed life is turned upside down in one moment, when in full view of Łukasz a hooded character kidnaps Justyna from just outside their house. The story runs fast like an American thriller. At the beginning it seems that the reason for the woman being kidnapped is Łukasz's job as an officer of the Central Bureau of Investigations. In the course of time many secrets of Justyna's past are brought to light. Scared, Łukasz discovers that he knows very little about the person he is sharing his life with. Are the things happening around him real, do they apply to his quiet, retiring wife?

Sometimes I wondered whether it is possible that we really do not know our partner to such an extent. I had the impression that this couple was completely separated from their family and friends. Of course, we can say about ourselves only what we want others to hear. Even so, it is still unlikely that we will never meet anyone from our hidden past, if only by chance, and that everybody will agree to keep quiet about their former life.

More and more colourful and precisely created characters appear page after page. It turns out that the people who have reasons for getting rid of Justyna are more numerous than we expected.

"Kidnapped' is a very well-written crime thriller in a very interesting socially relevant setting. Every one of the almost 500 pages brings something surprising, a secret or a fiasco. Apparently the author only starts writing a book. She creates heroes, who at a certain moment start to live their own lives. In "Kidnapped" so many things happen that it is strange that the author is able to keep up with her own characters.