DRAWN INTO DARKNESS

Liana Clymer is running away—from her divorce, from her past, from herself. Leaving behind everything she knows, she finds herself ensconced in a fuchsia-colored cottage in the swampy hinterlands of the Florida panhandle. Far from the grown sons who don't return her calls, her only companion her dog, Liana decides to put her best foot forward and get to know whoever lives in the blue house across the street, the only neighbors within sight of her new home. But moments after a teenage boy, Justin, answers the door and wins her over with his shy kindness, his face appears on the TV screen, immediately recognizable as the child who was taken from his parents two years ago. Worse, Justin's abductor has no intention of letting Liana go. A powerful will to live and to save Justin too seizes hold of Liana. She will fight tooth and nail to survive. But does she have what it takes to thwart a wily, depraved sociopath for whom abuse is a way of life and killing is routine? Nancy Springer has published more than 25 books for children and adults, and she has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. She has won many awards, including 2 Edgar Awards for Best Mystery for the YA novels Toughing It (Harcourt Brace, 1994) and Looking for Jamie Bridger (Dial, 1995). Her middle grade Enola Holmes series (Philomel, 2006-2010) has twice been nominated for the Edgar Award. Springer's books have been sold in Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Germany, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Japan, Israel, Spain, Turkey, and Brazil. International rights available through JVNLA, Inc.