The Method: Kidnapped? Helpless? Looks can be deceiving...

Completely original and totally kick ass! Shannon Kirk pulls no punches in this adrenaline rush of a thriller where the victim is the one to watch, while the kidnappers learn to fear. Loved it! - Lisa GardnerIt's hard to find true originality these days, but this debut delivers, dicing the genre before blending it just to be sure. The characters are beautifully detailed; one in particular having taken up residence in my imagination. Boyd for president. - author of The Advent Killer and My Bloody ValentineA very unique take on a kidnap tale that I'm sure will make waves. - Claire McGowanRiveting...a thrilling new voice in crime fiction. - Boston Globe[The narrator's] willpower and ingenuity prove more than a match for the callous brutality of those who wish her ill as this exciting tale builds to a surprising climax. - Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewA dark, disturbing, damnably readable novel - Booklist, Starred ReviewFlat-out brilliant. - Mystery SceneCrowded with fascinating characters - but the standout is the kidnapped pregnant teenager. Her captors want her baby. Little do they know they've brought an insanely brilliant, angry, vengeful, borderline sociopath under their roof. Somebody's in big trouble . . . and it isn't the teenager. - F Paul Wilson, New York Times Bestselling Author