Publisher's Synopsis
Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, they are found in the remote mountains of Malibu - battered and terrified. They've had a harrowing ordeal: held at gunpoint by a sadistic abductor who subjected them to a horrific regime of confinement, starvation and assault. But doubts arise about their story and, as forensic details unfold, the abduction is exposed as a hoax. They claim emotional problems and the court orders a psychological evaluation. Alex Delaware finds that Michaela's claims are true enough - but they don't explain her lies. Nevertheless, the case is closed - only to be reopened when Michaela is savagely murdered...
