From author Tom Leveen comes a taut, suspenseful novel about a girlâs abduction that leaves her best friend emotionally paralyzed, until a chance encounter points her toward the truthâĻand a terrifying new danger.
Sixteen-year-old Pelly has a master plan. After years of therapy, medication, and even a stint in a mental hospital, sheâs finally ready to re-enter the world of the living. Pelly has been suffering from severe panic attacks ever since her best friend, Tara, disappeared from a mall six years ago.
And her plan seems to be working, until an unkempt girl accompanied by an older man walks into the coffee shop where she works. Pelly thinks sheâs seen a ghost, until the girl mouths âhelp meâ on the way out, and Pelly knows sheâs just seen Tara.
Too shocked to do anything, Pelly helplessly watches Tara slip away again as she steels herself against a renewed spiral of crippling anxiety. But rather than being overcome by anxiety, Pelly feels more energized than she has in years. Determined to track down enough evidence to force the police to reopen Taraâs file, Pellyâs master plan takes a dangerous turn.
Pelly decides she cannot be shackled by her pastâand the anxiety, fear, and grief that comes with itâany longer if she wants to save Tara. But in seeking answers through whatever means necessary, sheâll come face-to-face with true evil. And not all the shackles are in her headâĻ