On the day she was abducted, thirty-two year-old Annie Sullivan had three goals - sell a house, forget a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend.Then a van pulls up outside the house she is selling.Annie thinks it's her lucky day. But nothing could be further from the truth... Annie wakes to find herself in a remote mountain location with only her kidnapper, "The Freak", for company.Subjected to his sadistic treatment for over a year Annie eventually escapes, but begins to suspect that someone in her former life wanted her gone - and isn't pleased she's back. 'Stevens skilfully juxtapositions the back story of Annie's captivity, with the front story of a woman desperately trying to reclaim her old life.As with all great suspense novels, the surprises abound.Annie thought she'd survived the worst with The Freak.But has she?' Lisa Gardner