“Get someone to bring them. Keep yourself occupied. Keep healthy.”

“And you’ll get me out of here? Won’t you?”

“That’s my job,” said Mora Piozzi. “I’ll do it as best I can.”

Tabitha watched her leave, the door opening and then shutting. She imagined her going through a series of doors, each one locked behind her, until at last she reached the exit and stepped out in the world, breathing in the fresh air, free.

About the Author

NICCI FRENCH is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than 8 million copies around the world.

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Praise for Nicci French

“Razor-sharp writing by French expertly amps the tension.”

—People

“Reads like lightning.”

—The Guardian (UK)

“Genuine chills and page-turning suspense.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Fabulous, unsettling, and riveting.”

—Louise Penny

“Nicci French has become synonymous with suspense.”

—Daily News (New York)

“Complex. . . . Intriguing. . . . Truly unique.”

—Tami Hoag

“Psychological suspense at its brightest and most blazing.”

—A. J. Finn

“Excellent psychological suspense . . . a book for your ‘must list.’”

—Popular Culture Association

“Unforgettable. Psychological dynamite.”

—Alan Bradley

“Ingenious . . . French continues to impress.”

—Publishers Weekly

Also by Nicci French

FRIEDA KLEIN NOVELS

Blue Monday

Tuesday’s Gone

Waiting for Wednesday

Thursday’s Child

Friday on My Mind

Dark Saturday

Sunday Silence

Day of the Dead

OTHER NOVELS BY NICCI FRENCH

The Memory Game

The Safe House

Killing Me Softly

Beneath the Skin

The Red Room

Land of the Living

Secret Smile

Catch Me When I Fall

Losing You

Until It’s Over

The Other Side of the Door

What to Do When Someone Dies

The Lying Room

House of Correction

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