A young woman wakes up in a cold, dark cellar, with no idea how she got there or who her kidnapper is. So begins her terrible nightmare. Nearby, the body of another young woman is discovered buried on a remote beach. But the dead girl was never reported missing - her estranged family having received regular texts from her over the years.

The twisting and terrifying Sunday Times bestseller thriller from the rip-roaring Detective Inspector Helen Grace series

'Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER

'Fast-paced and nail-bitingly tense . . . Taut and gripping' SUN
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A young woman wakes up in a cold, dark cellar, with no idea how she got there or who her kidnapper is. So begins her terrible nightmare . . .

Nearby, the body of another young woman is discovered buried on a remote beach.

But the dead girl was never reported missing - her estranged family having received regular texts from her over the years.

Someone has been keeping her alive from beyond the grave.

For DI Helen Grace, it's chilling evidence that she's searching for a monster not only twisted and clever - but a predator who's killed before.

Now, as she struggles to understand the killer's motivation, she begins a desperate race against time . . .
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PRAISE FOR M.J. ARLIDGE:

'Page-turningly chilling' The Times

'DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine . . . M.J. Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone' Daily Mail

'M.J. Arlidge is the new Jo Nesbo' Judy Finnigan

'Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent' Sun

'Chilling stuff' Fabulist

'A chilling read' My Weekly

'A grisly, gripping thriller' Sunday Mirror

'Dark, twisted, thought provoking, and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Take a ride on this roller coaster from hell - white knuckles guaranteed' Tami Hoag

'DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell' Will Lavender

'A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller' Huffington Post