When Ella is kidnapped, her family don't realize just what a nightmare they are entering. Because the kidnapper has more than just money on his mind - and as his plans unfold, all the members of the family are forced to confront their deepest, darkest secrets. This is a major new novel from the author of the Carnegie medal-winning River Boy. * Prize-winning author: Tim Bowler has won the Carnegie Medal, the Angus Book Prize (twice), and the Lancashire Children's Book Award. * A tightly-plotted, exciting thriller, with a real sense of tension and danger. * Brilliantly-handled themes of betrayal, trust, and revenge. * Wonderful fresh cover design - being issued simultaneously with new matching editions of River Boy and Shadows. * Author was born and brought up in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and now lives in Totnes, Devon.