Trapped: An Invasion by a Human Predator invites its readers to take an inside view of a forgotten crime. The plot depicts the life of a twelve-year-old girl, which struggles to survive the aftermath of a brutal kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder. The atrocity took place in early 1976, in East Saint Louis, Illinois. In addition, the book cover was carefully chosen to engage the readers to experience the torment of how I felt during this period of my life. Indeed, life was blue as the blue book cover, which shields the narration. In fact, my life was darker than the imagination could probably travel.