They say no good deed goes unpunished, and Ellie is proof of that. When I first meet her, she’s just a young woman in desperate need of a home, so I lower the rent and let her move in to my spare house. She’s the perfect tenant… in the beginning.
The very first time she babysits for me, I realise I’ve made a mistake. My son reveals a new bruise on his arm, and that’s the first of many problems on my street. Within a single week, properties are damaged, someone is murdered, and all evidence points to Ellie. But there’s something else. Something far bigger than I can endure.
England’s most notorious, yet unidentified serial kidnapper is on a path towards our town. I’m keeping my son close to me, but my boyfriend thinks I’m being paranoid. I don’t care how much it affects our relationship, because I suspect Ellie is that kidnapper, and she will never take my son. Because I’ll do anything to protect him.
Anything.