Chilling psychological suspense with ';exceptional punch' from the Edgar Awardwinning author of The Dark Room (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). It seems like a respectable British home, occupied by the Songolis, an upstanding family of African immigrants. But hidden within the cellar is Munaa teenage girl who cooks for them, cleans for them, endures brutal abuse from them... and is powerless to escape. Then one day, the Songolis' ten-year-old son fails to come home from school, and Scotland Yard arrives at the house to investigate. While they look into the boy's disappearance, Muna must play the role of beloved daughter. She suddenly has a real bedroom, with sunlight, and real clothing to wear. But she must continue to keep quietand hide the fact that she has learned how to speak English. Even as the police are watching, her secret life of enslavement goes on. But Muna is hatching a planand her acts of rebellion and revenge will be more terrifying than this family could have imaginedin this dark, twisting tale that represents ';contemporary crime writing at its absolute peak' (Val McDermid).
| ISBN: | 9780802190253 |
| Publication date: | 2nd February 2016 |
| Author: | Walters, Minette |
| Publisher: | Grove Atlantic |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |