Publisher's Synopsis
"...a model of what the modern suspense thriller should be." VAL MCDERMID "If Murphy's appointed task is to scare the reader she succeeds brilliantly." LITERARY REVIEW Clara Pascal had it all: she was a high-flying barrister, devoted mother, envied and admired by her peers. Now, robbed of everything that gives her life meaning, she lies chained to the stone wall of a cellar - and her kidnapper will not tell her what he wants from her. As Clara passes from fear to anger to despair in her dark prison, DI Steve Lawson leads the Cheshire police team working to find her. The police team frantically knocks on doors, follows up wisps of leads, bullying and begging witnesses for help, but it seems that Clara Pascal has disappeared without a trace. And Clara, at last, begins to suspect why her jailer has kept her alive for so long.
