Jessie and Carl have made a terrible mistake. When Jonah came to their cabin in the Maine woods, asking to use the phone, they should never have let him in. But Jessie took pity on him. She was thinking of her own missing daughter, Sylvie, and hoping she was receiving the same kindness - wherever she was. So they invite him in and soon discover that this stranger at their table knows all about them. About Sylvie, their troubled daughter and the secrets they haven't revealed to each other during forty years of marriage. By morning, they realize the young man has no intention of leaving. Jessie and Carl are now captives in their own home. Over the next twenty-four hours, as Jonah's threats escalate, the couple struggle to outwit him and stay alive. Each must fight to hold on to sanity at a time when the edge of madness has never been so near.
- ISBN10 070907980X
- ISBN13 9780709079804
- Publish Date 28 February 2006 (first published 18 March 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 April 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English