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Author: Gillian McAllister Listening Length: 11h 8m

A road trip across America with her teenage daughter was meant to be much-needed bonding time for Simone before Lucy leaves home for university. But on the first night of their stay, in a cabin deep in the Texan desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her place. The phone rings and the voice on ...

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CHAPTER 58 The Kidnapper

The Kidnapper

Something about this particular squat little building makes me look twice. What is it? Shutters closed, but it’s evening, so that’s not unusual. No car. I pause, just staring up at it, thinking. What is it?

That’s it: every single shutter is closed. Living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms. And yet – people are there. The lights behind them are on: I can see stripes of brightness here and there, around the edges of the blinds and between the occasional uneven slat.

But every single one is closed.